#Aerosols

LEON

Intuitive1966

Truths on masksDisposable medical masks (also known as surgical masks) are loose-fitting devices that were designed to be worn by medical personnel to protect accidental contamination of patient open wounds,

Conor Ruzycki

caruzycki

1/ @CMOH_Alberta blaming HCW for hospital outbreaks in failing to use the "appropriate precautions" at all times during their shifts is... interesting (see answer at https://youtu.be/5zywZaL_6rs?t=1109), given that AB's recomm

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

Many discussions about #COVID19 boil down to wether the virus is 'just like the flu' or 'nothing like the flu'. As such, I felt it may be useful to provide

Eric Paley

epaley

There is huge pressure politically, economically, & socially to open school.The APA, CDC, and most media are making homogeneous plans to address heterogeneous challenges; We shouldn't seek intellectually thin, one-size-fits-all

Ken

KenNotBen

MASK SAFETY ALERTI recently made a discovery that leads me to believe some masks may be harmful to our health as well as possibly contributing to the spread of COVID.

Dr N. Brodie נחמה

brodiegal

A short thread on how face masks work, why we wear masks *to protect other people from ourselves* and not the other way around, & why wearing face-shields without a

Ranu Dhillon

RanuDhillon

1/ Just heard @CDCDirector on @CNN @drsanjaygupta push back on the proposal @AbraarKaran @sri_srikrishna & I put forward on the gov't sending N95-caliber masks to every home (https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2021/01/28/mask-guidanc

Trevor Makal

MakalMakal

I just saw a post about "If a fart can make it through underwear and a pair of jeans, how can a mask made of cloth save you from covid?

Dr. Richard Corsi

CorsIAQ

1/ This did not have to be.Over 100,000 Americans currently in hospitals with COVID-19 and over 210,000 new cases today. We are converging on and will soon surpass the 9/11

Jeremy Howard

jeremyphoward

Our paper, "An evidence review of face masks against COVID-19", written by a cross-disciplinary team of 19 international experts, was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Adam Hamdy

adamhamdy

1. Dr. James Hildreth, CEO of Meharry Hospital and adviser to Nashville Mayor John Cooper, makes a powerful statement about schools and airborne transmission. A MUST WATCH example of excellent

Marcel Harmon

MarcelHarmon1

Apologies for the long thread. There's been a lot of good discussion about the benefits of portable air cleaners for reducing the threat of short-range aerosols. But I have some

Holly Jean Buck

hollyjeanbuck

In March, models indicated millions would die from COVID-19. Nations reacted decisively, using unprecedented measures to buy time.What might this tell us about the use of rapid-acting stopgap measures in

Bill Hanage

BillHanage

This is part of a long and excellent thread that is worth reading in its own right. I am almost entirely in agreement. With the exception that I want to

Professor Philip Nolan

President_MU

We need to limit the number of close contacts we have each day and each week. SARS-CoV-2 transmits through prolonged close contact. What do we mean by close? The virus

hodlonaut 🌮⚡🔑 🐝

hodlonaut

Dr. Roger Hodkinson is a medical specialist in pathology, which includes virology, who trained at Cambridge University, UK.Former Chairman of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons committee in Ottawa.Currently

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