How covid-19 spreads: narratives, counter narratives, and social dramas

2022/08/31 by Trisha Greenhalgh, Mustafa F. Özbilgin, David R. Tomlinson · 1 voice · 35 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Mathematics · Medicine · #2019-20 coronavirus outbreak #Art #COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts #COVID-19 epidemiological studies #Computer science #Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) #History #Infection Control and Ventilation #Literature #Media studies #Medicine #Narrative #Pandemic #Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) #Sociology #Telecommunications #Transmission (telecommunications) #Virology

paper · pdf · doi:10.1136/bmj-2022-069940

published in BMJ 378, e069940

openalex publication_date 2022/08/31 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Abstract

<b>Trisha Greenhalgh and colleagues</b> explore why inaccurate narratives about the mode of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 emerged early in the pandemic and shaped a flawed policy response, with tragic consequences

Citations

• It Is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• Airborne transmission of respiratory viruses

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• Regrettably, the WHO’s narrative at the onset of the pandemic was that COVID-19 was transmitted by contact, fomites, and droplets. WHO excluded airborne transmission. The reasons and implications of t [bsky, 16 points, 1 comments]

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