#Aerosols

Caleb LoSchiavo, MPH

calebloschiavo

Now that I've gone through the stages of being disappointed, angry, and snarky, here's an actual public health thread on why an indoor basement sing-a-long piano bar is one of

SFBART

SFBART

Let's talk air flow in BART cars: BART cars filter & replace inside air about every 70 seconds. This was the case before COVID-19 and is still now. Air is

M.P.

OmanReagan

Why are we opening restaurant dining?All the science says: Do not do this. Consider 2 facts about COVID-19 that don't get enough attention:1. SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted predominantly through the air.2.

Carly Weeks

carlyweeks

Is #COVID19 airborne? A contentious debate that flared up this week after 239 scientists (inc. 10 Cdns) signed a letter asking health bodies to recognize the potential. I wrote about

Jennifer K McDonald

JenniferKShea

New COVID Transmission synthesis from PHO. Likes: aerosol/droplet cut-off set at 100um4 pages dedicated to synthesizing the growing aerosol/airborne/AGMP literature acknowledgement of airborne transmission in poorly ventilated settingshttps

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

Read this story and weep. This, after masks, is the biggest failure—both scientific and communication—of the pandemic in Western nations: the airborne nature of the pathogen. CDC changed this guidance

The New York Times

nytimes

With coronavirus cases rising in the U.S., Europe and many other places across the globe, wearing a mask is more important than ever.In our animation, we’ll show you how effective

Gavin Sheridan

gavinsblog

Watching the slow train crash is fascinating. So with my tongue slightly in cheek #ifiwastaoiseach - borrow a tonne of money- prioritise the hiring and resourcing of public health professionals-

Distinct Words 😷🇺🇸

Distinct_Words

So all you people who say wearing masks is for sheep... how exactly does this fit into your theories?VP Mike Pence: "Wear a mask." Physical distancing, face masks, and eye

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

We urgently need to focus on ventilation. Six months into a respiratory pandemic, we're still not given sensible and practical guidance against short-range aerosol—airborne—transmission of COVID. I wrote about the

Mark Changizi

MarkChangizi

Many folk simply cannot get past the absolute number of Covid deaths. It feels big to them, and it justifies ANYTHING. Argue at all, and you are deeply ethically flawed.

Jason Abaluck

Jabaluck

My experience was:a) The med community was *terrible* on masks as of late March -- people I spoke with insisted, "We can't recommend something that wouldn't be approved by the

Kelvin Ward

UCUltrasound

This was by far and away the most important news story yesterday in NZ... however the NZ media appears to have given it only cursory exposure. Maybe they do not

Ranu Dhillon

RanuDhillon

With hospitals overrun & new variants, we *need* to slow spreadWe have 4 ways to do that – testing, masks, distancing & vaccinesAll are being implemented short of their full

Dan Kaszeta

DanKaszeta

Ok. Time for a Captain Dan thread on a useful and timely subject. Let’s address this “Masks don’t work” argument that people are making. Lots of misinformation and disinformation are

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) A Quebec public health advisor suggested Friday installing portable air purifiers in schools might produce the opposite effect, inadvertently causing the #coronavirus to spread in the air among students.

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