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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by whatevertrevor on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @12:35PM (#45890310)
Right, but if memory serves me correctly droplet based transmission was the prevailing theory for the first few months while the WHO was oscillating like a pendulum on its masking recommendations.
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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by chasd00 on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @01:13PM (#45890800)
> droplet based transmission was the prevailing theory for the first few months

iirc that was the prevailing theory until after the vaccines came out. I don't recall it ever being in the news when it was determined to be airborne. By that time, COVID wasn't even newsworthy.

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Re:Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to... by whatevertrevor on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @03:08PM (#45892152)
Definitely, I don't think official channels recognized aerosolized transmission until way too late, and even when they did it was very low key and non-committal.

I'm on team "ball was dropped badly re pandemic policy and communication", though I personally don't extend that to blind distrust in institutions in general. It was a tough (arguably unprecedented) situation in a media landscape primed for misinformation.

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