Dr. Lucky Tran 
CDC opens probe after 35 test positive for #COVID following CDC conference where they didn’t take COVID precautions https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/05/02/covid-outbreak-cdc-annual-conference/
When experts say "this is, unfortunately, the new normal," it's important to add that the "new normal" means continuing high levels of death, chronic illness, and exclusion of high risk and immunocompromised people from society. The "new normal" is unacceptable.
Doc AWFL*@luckytran that is such utter nonsense. If taking precautions were the new normal this would not have happened.
Kate Nyhan is changing servers"Attendees said many people at the gathering did not mask, socially distance or take other precautions that the CDC had recommended earlier in the pandemic."
--> we tried nothing and it didn't work 👀
Does the "rapid epidemiological assessment" include asking the participants and conference staff to test? Bc the quoted email says to test *if you are experiencing symptoms.*
Actually, if CDC is living in an alternate universe where all transmission is from symptomatic people, that would explain a lot 🤣
@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNote@kdnyhan @Tarheel @luckytran That was exactly my thought. We know that asymptomatic transmission is one of the biggest drivers of this bullshit. “I’m not sick. How can I make anyone else sick? “ no one in the group I was in looks sick. How could I have gotten sick? “ #Covid #CDC
@Pineywoozle @Tarheel @luckytran And the circumstances will never be better for a robust outbreak investigation of spread at a big conference than they are here.
CDC staff should have a high response rate.
People with insurance still have free access to rapid tests.
The event was big enough that they, as a big customer, can ask the venue for ventilation info and actually get something (instead of getting fobbed off with "don't worry, we are code-compliant")
CDC staff should have a high response rate.
People with insurance still have free access to rapid tests.
The event was big enough that they, as a big customer, can ask the venue for ventilation info and actually get something (instead of getting fobbed off with "don't worry, we are code-compliant")
Justin Derrick@Pineywoozle @kdnyhan @Tarheel @luckytran This is something that annoys the hell out of me - testing before a group activity is trivially easy and if you test when you wake up, then do your morning routine, the test is ready. It takes approximately 2 minutes out of your day. It’s not perfect, but would weed out superspreaders.
@JustinDerrick @kdnyhan @Tarheel @luckytran So many simple things we could be doing. Adequate air filtration in schools. Just a Corsi box in the corner of a fucking room. It breaks my brain how unseriously people are taking this.