#ABCovid @jljcolorado @x: WHO
is again ignoring modern science on air filters & respirators

WHO needs deep reform, with physical scientists and engineers being seriously listened to (as opposed to ignored, as is the case now, and has been for decades)

“Droplets on surfaces is very convenient for people in power -all of the responsibility is on the individual. On the other hand, if you admit it is #airborne institutions, governments and companies have to do something”

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/every-medical-authority-failed-realise-covid-airborne-late/

'The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of good #ventilation in the prevention of #airborne diseases. Many classrooms are poorly ventilated, increasing the risk of a child or member of staff contracting an airborne illness.' @JhongflowImg et al
https://pubs.aip.org/aip/pof/article-lookup/doi/10.1063/5.0050058

As I watch the ramping up of institutional #covid19 #outbreak #notifications in #Ontario, it is yet another wave's reminder that, at least in Canada, #IPAC is mostly a cargo cult science.

"The form is perfect. ... But it doesn't work. No airplanes land. So I call these things cargo cult science, because they follow all the apparent precepts and forms of scientific investigation, but they're missing something essential, because the planes don't land." - Richard Feynman https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult_science

We deeply need an IPAC discipline that takes #aerosol #airborne transmission mitigation very seriously. We need an airborne revolution to get to #CleanAir, to #SafeAir

I know a few counterpoints to this view like Dr Victor Leung from BC who is a true practice leader in the field, but they are rare and rather quiet due to discipline pressure to conform to approved #DropletDogma

If you are in IPAC, please help drive your discipline from a handwashing, droplet & contacts precaution compliance mindset to one that truely embraces airborne risk mitigation, if not elimination. Don't just transfer the risk to the patient, and wash your hands of it.

It might be my life you save. It certainly could have been both my parents.

It’s tbh not their fault (they being the masses) b/c we’re being relentlessly lied to #gaslit

Idk, maybe it’s just me, but if I found out I was being lied to, I’d go scorch earth🤷🏻‍♀️

By the time they realize, it will be far too late

We’ve had ALL the info of potential bodily harm done & how #airborne works since at the very least, December 2020 #proof

'Infection prevention and control measures were often inadequate, compounded by inadequate knowledge, delayed recognition of the role of #airborne transmission and transmission from paucisymptomatic or asymptomatic individuals.' @TheLancetInfDis
5/n
https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S1473-3099%2823%2900485-1

#Airborne #transmission of #human-isolated avian #H3N8 #influenza virus between #ferrets, Cell.: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2023.08.011 #research #zoonoses #EIDs #CAIV #epizootic #panzootic #pandemic

#Farbe: Erster Lacktest für den Brooks Nachtkrapp Airborne (Chris Laut Signature Model). Ich freu mich derbe drauf! 😎🤘😊🎸 Seid gespannt auf das Ergebnis!

#Brooks #Bassguitar #Bass #Bassplayer #ElectricBass #Rock #Instrument #Luthier #RobvandenBroek #OHRENFEINDT #SignatureModel #Airborne #Paratrooper

#Stabilität (no #NeckDive): Brooks Nachtkrapp Airborne (Chris Laut Signature Model). Ich freu mich derbe drauf! 😎🤘😊🎸 Seid gespannt auf das Ergebnis!

#Brooks #Bassguitar #Bass #Bassplayer #ElectricBass #Rock #Instrument #Luthier #RobvandenBroek #OHRENFEINDT #SignatureModel #Airborne #Paratrooper

#Formgebung und #Pickup: Brooks Nachtkrapp Airborne (Chris Laut Signature Model). Ich freu mich derbe drauf! 😎🤘😊🎸 Seid gespannt auf das Ergebnis!

#Brooks #Bassguitar #Bass #Bassplayer #ElectricBass #Rock #Instrument #Luthier #RobvandenBroek #OHRENFEINDT #SignatureModel #Airborne #Paratrooper

@Billius27 @harriettmb Grateful for comprehensive manifesto by #healthcare workers. I liked the part about “multi-layered protections. That’s a useful phrase. People take #ventilation and #vaccination for granted, ignoring #testing and #tracing. I was unfamiliar with the term #nosocomial, but not the concept. Members of my circle of friends, family working in healthcare note patients’ vulnerability to #airborne disease. Elder friends awaiting care in ERs contracted Covid-19.

Lack of test and trace data makes it difficult to “prove” continued effectiveness of #mask wearing in clinical settings but common sense, personal experience and #wastewater info where available support contentions that #airborne transmission of #Covid-19 is still occurring. Why not mask? https://med-mastodon.com/@luckytran/110954167477213792

Go big or go home. This #Alabama-based start-up unveiled the biggest drone in the world — and it looks sublime. The massive drone, called the Ravn X, is designed to launch small #satellites into orbit while #airborne #press

'Had indoor air been cleaner and safer, school closures may have been avoidable. The coronavirus is an #airborne threat, and incidence of Covid was about 40% lower in schools that improved air quality, one study found.' @nytimes. Also connect with @TheWHN
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/27/health/schools-indoor-air-covid.html?unlocked_article_code=Va3b8b7PPXzHiRoaFS4y-mpz4PhuKUxod2APB2GxE7dmOQ3sjIpyrKJ4Nn_DVRCZtIeuV9_sOn8Vmk3o5GdGDcyTypUZ3Y-Enhaz1J8wq8KtE6sIO806uS_N7EI8JHlavCerTUDX_s2vYFziAHemGteJ7eXnVBcpOS_z9ESEUEsFYpUn1mVhY1CAcNNH8Zd-1COHAgol6YRdpRL2QHFJM4d5YhwAdlVXEunL_tTqR9m0__RmDOIBxrYSoSxdIisakXO9JVl84j-TPXM8RXqMp2DwbZLuhmMCvirMovndVcc6FWDmqphvB0WEUWEbONkdfvJ6Tp_nC7FFkPGxN9rPraw&smid=tw-share

If you needed another reason to rock a respirator outdoors, especially near roads:

"... the infiltration of microplastics was as widespread in the body as it is in the environment, leading to behavioral changes, especially in older test subjects."

https://www.uri.edu/news/2023/08/microplastics-infiltrate-all-systems-of-body-cause-behavioral-changes/

"... roads were the dominant factor in the western US, linked to about 85% of the microplastics in the air."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/12/airborne-plastic-pollution-spiralling-around-the-globe-study-finds/

#airborne #microplastics #publichealth

🤔So, what, does '𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞' 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐔𝐬 about the #SARSCoV2 virus?
🌬️It tells us that: effective masks worn correctly, in indoor crowded spaces, with poor ventilation, can help limit transmission of a virus primarily spread by the #airborne route.

"When looking at the use of face masks and mask mandates, studies consistently reported the measures were an effective approach to reduce infection. The evidence further indicates higher-quality respirator masks – such as N95 masks – were more effective than surgical-type masks."
#N95 #FFP2 #Airborne #respiratory
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/24/lockdowns-face-masks-unequivocally-cut-spread-covid-study-finds

''We conclude that despite considerable #genetic variances, all three contemporary swine-origin A(#H3N2) viruses displayed a capacity for robust #replication in the #ferret respiratory tract and were also capable of limited #airborne #transmission.''

‘Given the many harms air pollution already has to our health, this study only further strengthens arguments to urgently improve air quality and reduce pollution globally.’ Dr Manal Mohammed @UniWestminster
💯Outdoors and indoors too, #airborne pathogens.
https://www.pmp-magazine.com/2023/08/20/air-pollution-linked-with-global-rise-in-antibiotic-resistance/

What 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐔𝐬
Ten streams of evidence collectively support the view that #SARSCoV2 is transmitted primarily by the #airborne route.
@trishgreenhalgh
@jljcolorado
@kprather88 et al
@TheLancet
#CovidIsAirborne

https://www.thelancet.com/article/S0140-6736(21)00869-2/full#%20

What 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐔𝐬
Ten streams of evidence collectively support the view that #SARSCoV2 is transmitted primarily by the #airborne route.
@trishgreenhalgh
@jljcolorado
@kprather88 et al
@TheLancet
#CovidIsAirborne

https://www.thelancet.com/article/S0140-6736(21)00869-2/full#%20