Anyone else surprised to see debates still raging on which exclusive strategy will solve the worst PH crisis in 100 yrs? Dichotomizing this a big reason why we're here & why we risk prolonging unnecessary hardship. Short memory = #LongCovid 1/
Of course we are not going to "_____" our way out of this, whether it's (solely) vaccines/masking/ventilating spaces/therapeutics. I don't know of any credible science/evidence to support this oversimplified dogma. "All or none" was never the best plan. 2/
Polarizing messaging has been very damaging from a public trust POV from early days. While we may disagree on (relative) impacts of one risk mitigation tool vs another, dismissiveness of their value altogether only erodes trust. 3/
When this all started many experts questioned the impact of masking (full disclosure: so did I). Ditto for #COVIDIsAirborne (so did I). But evolving evidence made these factors not only compelling but vital to our containment efforts. #HumbleBeeStings 4/
No doubt that some measures are more "measurable" by evidence than others. Eg. Vaccines can be tested for neutralizing Ab performance in the lab & w/ randomized trials to correlate for "real world evidence". One informs the other. 5/
Masking impact (by study) is more difficult to measure. Nearly impossible to control for so many variables (length of use/material/type of exposure/ventilation, etc.). Sadly some have tried then failed bc of flawed methodology, l/t inaccurate conclusions. 6/
That's why it's so important to accept >1 form of "evidence". Yes to engineering/ventilation science. Yes to epidemiology/infection control too as long as reason transcends dogma & admitting none of us is 100% right 100% of the time. #OpenAirOpenMinds. 7/
We have to be careful here. Our biggest foe is still the virus not each other. Our words carry weight. Our intentions matter not as much as the impact to many who still struggle w/ trust, peer pressure, politics more than they should. #WeNotMe 8/
I do still think masking is super important. Ditto for vaccines, clean air & better meds. We've won a ton of battles but this war is far from over. Success means neither minimizing our containment measures nor each other in the process. /Fin
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