Timeline covering CDC's change of position from fomites & droplets to airborne and back
Feb 8th 2020
Feb 8th 2020
[YAY]: Wise application of precautionary principle. Source PDF.
YAY: decent pack of advice for citizens.
[BOO]: Obviously incorrect but promoted in a draft that's to be completed and pushed in November. Note that NBC News would later discus the impending disaster on Sept 16th
[BOO]: Norovirus can spread via airborne routes too, but sure don't mention that and instead talk up droplets and dirty surfaces
[BOO]: Reading from from a teleprompter we're told it isn't primarily airborne, and that washing our hands will save us from infection (it won't)
[BOO]: @CDC's Mandy Cohen, is asked 'why no N95s for healthcare workers?' Cohen gives a word salad non-answer. Via @jesseintl tweet
[YAY]: @CDC's Mandy Cohen, talks up masks
[YAY]: Good job but a little late for Christmas
[YAY]: "Airborne" and "aerosol" are absent, but new CDC advice talks up fresh air ventilation and CO2 monitoring
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