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.

Il 1 settembre 2023, 50 legislatori di 25 paesi si sono uniti a #Praga per un #vertice generale dell‘#IPAC, sulla #Cina, durante il quale il gruppo ha aperto le sue porte ai legislatori di #Filippine, #Kenya e #Paraguay. Il #focus principale del vertice saranno i #workshop #politici su #sei #aree #tematiche legate alla Cina: #Taiwan, dipendenza dalle #energie #rinnovabili, #repressione transnazionale, #HongKong, #BeltandRoad e #dirittiumani.
Mio articolo
https://www.corrierepl.it/2023/09/02/filippine-kenya-e-paraguay-si-uniscono-allalleanza-ipac-per-contrastare-la-cina/

Removal of universal masking in hospitals should only be done after demonstrated near-elimination of hospital acquired respiratory infections #IPAC #HAI

【15國議員聯署批馬克龍對臺言論】 【#臺灣 人民聲音須被尊重】 30多位“#對華政策跨國議會聯盟”（Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China，#IPAC）國會議員發出聯合聲明，強調 #馬克龍 的涉臺言論不代表歐洲，強調臺灣人民聲音須被尊重。 詳細報道：https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/st1-04112023025529.html https://nitter.hongkongers.net/RFA_Chinese/status/1645689620934565888#m

@JinkenGaikou RT by @chungchingkwong: 2月17日（金）開催 #IPAC東京フォーラム にリズ・トラス元英国首相、スコット・モリソン元豪州首相、ヒー・フェルホフスタット元ベルギー首相の登壇が決定しました。他🇬🇧🇨🇦🇹🇼議員らも出席し、🇯🇵の国会議員らと議論します。 #IPAC #人権外交 @ipacglobal オンライン参加申込👉🏻https://ipactokyoforum.peatix.com/ https://nitter.hongkongers.net/JinkenGaikou/status/1621385191905431552#m

民進黨立委 #範雲 在個人臉書表示，7日晚間收到 #IPAC 的正式來信，IPAC的共同主席團正式通過，讓臺灣加入。 https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hcm2-01092023074405.html#.Y7xdjNlhcRU.twitter https://nitter.hongkongers.net/RFA_Chinese/status/1612517645055676416#m

“For optimal protection against respiratory pathogens such as #SARS-CoV-2, procedure #masks shouldn't be worn over #N95 filtering facepiece respirators (#FFRs), according to a study published today in Infection Control & Hospital #Epidemiology.”

“The additional resistance created by an overlying face mask can lead to increased airway pressures that cause leakage at the N95 FFR facial seal…”

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/study-wearing-surgical-masks-over-n95s-can-cause-dangerous-leaks

#COVID #IPC #IPAC #MaskUp #BetterMasks

@ipacglobal RT by @chungchingkwong: #IPAC 🇬🇧 MPs have welcomed the withdrawal of the Chinese Consul General and other diplomats from the Chinese Consulate in Manchester. The move follows cross-party calls for the UK government to expel the diplomats following attacks on Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters [THREAD] https://nitter.hongkongers.net/ipacglobal/status/1603030831844700161#m

@ipacglobal RT by @benedictrogers: #IPAC 🇬🇧 MPs have welcomed the withdrawal of the Chinese Consul General and other diplomats from the Chinese Consulate in Manchester. The move follows cross-party calls for the UK government to expel the diplomats following attacks on Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters [THREAD] https://nitter.hongkongers.net/ipacglobal/status/1603030831844700161#m

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RT @ipacglobal@twitter.com

#BREAKING new @SafeguardDefend@twitter.com investigation reported by @CNN@twitter.com @NdosSantosCNN@twitter.com discovers 48 new clandestine 🇨🇳 “overseas police stations”.

#IPAC statement endorsed by politicians from 13 countries.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ipacglobal/status/1599301843296796672

@ipacglobal RT by @chungchingkwong: #BREAKING new @SafeguardDefend investigation reported by @CNN @NdosSantosCNN discovers 48 new clandestine 🇨🇳 “overseas police stations”. #IPAC statement endorsed by politicians from 13 countries. https://nitter.hongkongers.net/ipacglobal/status/1599301843296796672#m

1) Radiologist reading rooms in hospitals often have excellent #ventilation despite being small enclosed spaces.
2) Dried sneeze residue on radiology monitors disappeared in 2020 with universal #masking requirements.
#IPAC #radiology #MedicalPhysics

I don't listen to many podcasts but this #IPAC episode about #ventilation #filtration #HEPA for #COVIDisAirborne is excellent.

Covers quarantine hotels (operable windows make airflow unpredictable), buses, hospital wards, energy versus ventilation, air purifiers, and schools.

Highly recommended, hat tip to
@PieterPeach https://infectioncontrolmatters.podbean.com/e/simon-witts-placeholder/