"But if you know what you’re looking for, in the background you’ll spot the forum’s secret weapon. Air purifiers. Unobtrusively cleaning the air of any viruses and bacteria floating around. It even looks like they were using ultraviolet disinfection. Because it turns out that the World Economic Forum takes Covid-19 very seriously. In fact, they had a whole protocol “to create a safe environment” for their meeting in Davos."

#covid #DavosSafe #davos #SiouxsieWiles

https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/131080463/ventilation--the-secret-weapon-in-the-covid-battle

#SignalBoost #CrowdFunding #SiouxsieWiles #NZTwits

Now going for it's stretch goal with 5 days left on the clock.

"In March 2020 Gwen found herself in the house of non-conforming microbiologist Siouxsie Wiles. Seeing a pandemic about to hit her adopted country, Siouxsie stepped into the public eye and spoke out to keep New Zealanders science-informed.

Ms. Information is the resulting documentary feature! "

https://www.boosted.org.nz/projects/msinformation

"An important part of the puzzle has been the growing evidence that people are infectious for a few days before they start showing symptoms. Rather than describing people like this as asymptomatic – that is people who don’t have any symptoms – it is better to think of them as pre-symptomatic. "

#COVID19 #SiouxsieWiles #tobymorris

https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/06-05-2020/siouxsie-wiles-toby-morris-what-we-dont-know-about-covid-19/

"As we await a decision on moving out of alert level four, some big questions are in play. One of those is about contact tracing, explains Siouxsie Wiles. Illustrations and animations by Toby Morris. "

#SiouxsieWiles #tobymorris

https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/18-04-2020/siouxsie-wiles-toby-morris-why-contact-tracing-is-so-crucial-to-moving-out-of-lockdown/

*Siouxsie Wiles: What is different about the new, fast Covid-19 blood tests?*

Some countries are now using a serology test, which uses blood or serum samples to look for antibodies we produce in response to the virus. Siouxsie Wiles explains its strengths and weaknesses.

#COVID19 #SiouxsieWiles

https://thespinoff.co.nz/science/31-03-2020/covid-19-what-difference-can-the-new-fast-turnaround-blood-tests-make/