Show and Tell: Coronavirus Edition 5/18/21

This is the best news article I've read about the scientific process & knowledge. Read because it's a fascinating read, but also because it explains why the initial covid guidance was wrong:https://t.co/3qWTR3J7f8

— Jennifer Mercieca (@jenmercieca) May 15, 2021

Breaking News: These retailers are lifting mask requirements for the fully vaccinated, moving to an honor system in which they trust that only those who qualify will bare their faces:

→ Costco
→ Publix
→ Starbucks
→ Trader Joe's
→ Walmarthttps://t.co/yYDFojehxI

— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 15, 2021

Coronavirus restrictions are being eased way too quickly pic.twitter.com/rjio7Ga6jZ

— Zo (@Zo_Zahid) May 14, 2021

Think of a virus where 70% of kids are totally asymptomatic, less than 1% have severe symptoms, and less than 0.05% die. Phew that's no big deal for kids then! Don't worry about them!

Oops actually it's polio in the 1950shttps://t.co/68iy4tchvA

— Sam Crane, now with added mRNA (@Samanticka) May 14, 2021

The @nytimes surveyed more than 500 epidemiologists. And 80% of them thought Americans would need to wear masks in public indoor places for at least another year.

So.. here we are.

By ⁦@sangerkatz⁩ ⁦@clairecm⁩ ⁦@KevinQ⁩ https://t.co/WmxyRoLJOk

— Danielle Ivory (@danielle_ivory) May 13, 2021

Here’s what hundreds of epidemiologists told us about mask use indoors when we asked them in recent weeks. https://t.co/9WauOqtVMI @clairecm @KevinQ pic.twitter.com/XCNTqoa5EX

— Margot Sanger-Katz (@sangerkatz) May 13, 2021

The CDC Me pic.twitter.com/LaYuGBkEsn

— william (@willtbh) May 13, 2021

I think states should hold until 6/15 to lift indoor mask mandates

Why?

Is it because fully vaccinated folks are at risk if they go maskless?

No

Do vaccinated people spread the virus? Not really

So why? and why 6/15?

Mainly because of when vaccines became available

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— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@ashishkjha) May 17, 2021