Thread by @dreamy_run

🧵. @TheLancet has just released a major report "on lessons for the future from the COVID-19 pandemic." In it, the authors roundly criticize a widely held, historical misconception about viruses and SARS in particular —
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doi.org/10.1016/S0140-…

— the misconception that viruses are primarily transmitted through close-range large droplets. The authors concluded that reluctance to overturn this centuries-old error & acknowledge #CovidIsAirborne has led to untold suffering during the pandemic.
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https://twitter.com/jljcolorado/status/1570466991571619840

Unfortunately, the authors failed to discredit the other major widely held, historical misconception about viruses — the misconception that immune systems immediately clear viruses from the body, so as long as you survive the acute phase, you're home free.
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The paper and its graphic summary hold to the outdated, discredited tradition of highlighting only acute-phase deaths and not severe long-term disability.
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https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1570245594878455809

Reluctance to overturn this centuries-old error & acknowledge that #VirusesAreLong has led to untold suffering. Most viruses in most people have both an acute phase and a chronic phase, and the chronic phase is often the more severe and damaging.
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https://twitter.com/EpiEllie/status/1500848087207759873

Anyone educating others about how #CovidIsAirborne should also be educating others about how #VirusesAreLong.

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