@DALupton Hi there. You may want to have a look at and follow @auscovid19

Good hashtags to follow

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(Guess which one is not like the otheres) 😊

Welcome.

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Here's a peer reviewed journal article published at the end of last year reporting the study's findings (Thank you Prof Lupton for the extra details).

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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1087087/full

This new study seems to have been based on quite a large set of classrooms over a lengthy period of time.

If anyone has a link to the actual paper Reuters is quoting, can you post it in this thread with the same hashtags and groups. Thanks.

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https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/italian-study-shows-ventilation-can-cut-school-covid-cases-by-82-2022-03-22/

Covid News: Landmark Clean Air Event in Canberra

Hopefully we will see some traction from this event going forward. Without working towards providing better indoor air quality we remain in danger in this pandemic and the next one.

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https://www.croakey.org/landmark-event-highlights-indoor-air-quality-as-important-health-concern/?s=09

Published 14 March 2023 Interesting conclusion

"The researchers of the current study explored different scenarios that reflected the potential emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants under several interventional approaches. Expedited variant-specific vaccine boosters had little impact, regardless of the transmissibility and severity of existing and future variants.

Notably, increasing mask usage was associated with substantial reductions in infections and mortality rates, whereas mandate reimposition mildly/moderately reduced future COVID-19 burden. Combining these two interventions led to an even more significant impact than individually. Above all, the analysis showed that simple interventions, including masking and social distancing mandates, could be critical tools against COVID-19."

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230314/Researchers-model-possible-COVID-19-trajectories-for-2023.aspx

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@joeyfox Thanks for posting this.

Joey knows what he is talking about. If you are interested in CO2 monitoring and why it is useful in the covid context, this article is a great resource.

https://itsairborne.com/intro-to-monitoring-co2-20f191dd8f60?s=09

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@Susan60 @mel1 @auscovid19 It was recently discussed in the Parliamentary enquiry into Long Covid. A number of good things were said so it is at least on the radar and should make the findings I hope.

(Screenshot from Twitter)

Maybe other have some comments about this?

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I hope so. This article raises some hope that just maybe there is movement in addressing the air quality in our buildings.

Let's hope we see progress in Australia.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00642-9?s=09

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@dmacphee @AskPippa Thank you for that. We need more people like yourself doing what is right and smart. We continue to wear our N95 in public and enclosed spaces. My wife teaches her year 3 class in one. 😷
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Nice clean air today in the great outdoors at Alexandra Headlands looking towards Mooloolaba and Point Cartwright. Co2 one of my best readings. No need to mask out here but different story in other places. 😷
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"This damage could be costing children and adults decades of their lives and reducing the quality of life at a much earlier age"

Further

"The key point for children is that the thymus makes the naive T cells that serve as the reservoir or foundation for the body to replicate for the rest of adulthood. If the virus infiltrates the thymus without antibodies to stop it, the damage could limit the number of naive T-cells. The naive T-cell pool could be smaller, resulting in poorer health earlier in life and a shorter life span.

COVID has been shown to infect and potentially damage the thymus. We will go over this in more detail below. This can happen with other viruses, but COVID is different because it is very contagious, changes very quickly because it is spread so widely, and infects children over and over again in short amounts of time. That means that children have less time to recover function of the thymus and make the naive T-cells they need prior to puberty.

Damage to the thymus at any age is equivalent to subtracting years from our lives, but for younger children, this damage could be costing them decades of their lives and reducing their quality of life in their 30s, 40s, or 50s instead of their 60s, 70s, or 80s."

https://tactnowinfo.substack.com/p/covid-may-be-causing-irreversible

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Prof Deborah Lupton and Sophie Lewis published 23 February 2023

"The COVID-19 crisis has wrought major changes to people's lives across the globe since the beginning of the outbreak in early 2020. The "Australians' Experiences of COVID-19” qualitative descriptive study was established to explore how Australians from different geographical areas and social groups experienced the COVID-19 crisis."

Looks like an interesting read.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1092322/full#main-content

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