#Aérosols

1/ A room, a bar and a class: how the coronavirus is spread through the air An outstanding visual about how several "layers of protection" can make us much safer
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Since the Covid pandemic began, our country’s response, indeed most of the world’s response has been focused on containing the health consequences of the virus. Initially this was appropriate as
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Singing and coughing might create infectious SARS2 aerosols you say? How could we EVER have knownFrom 1996 Sepkowitz "How contagious is tuberculosis" (TB) I like this article because it reminds
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J'ai retrouvé mon bouquin sur le Filtration des aérosols!!! Quand je vous parlais des gouttelettes qui s'accumulent: Rien de neuf si vous me suivez mais petite remarque pour les masques
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1/ Back to basics (focus on the source)“If there is a pile of manure in a space, do not try to remove the odor by ventilation. Remove the pile
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A damning indictment of droplet theory from as long as ago.1936, Wells & Wells, a husband and wife team.Thread. History. Before 1861 we didn't know there were organisms in the
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Please RT. I rarely ever make callout posts, but this one’s for the sake of public safety. Some Etsy sellers are making “MESH ‘BREATHABLE’ MASKS” to parade like they’re wearing
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1/ Highest priority for school reopening. Enforce:-face masks at all times (everyone)-physical distancing (limit numbers)Though worthy, these are lower priority. Implement as time/money permit:-wash/ hand sanitizing stations-improved ventil
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Lord have mercy I don’t understand people in public who remove their mask to sneeze. Did some minor research on sneezing etiquette:https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2020/09/23/sneezehttps://www.chicagotribune.com/advice/sns-mistman
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tips for doing drugs: a thread DISCALIMER// i am not encouraging any illegal activity or drug use, i am just trying to educate my mutuals about doing them for first
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THREAD:We have failed one another, and ourselves. If COVID-19 was a test on how well we could adapt, as human history has had to do, and on how much we
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A2.(1) Major historical error in 1910 became paradigm: + correct observation (ease of infection in close proximity) was misinterpreted as being due to ballistic droplets+ Stated that aerosol infection was
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Let’s explain this again simply, as the anti-mask covid-deniers who like to call me names need things explained again....Virus transmits via droplets and aerosols. Droplet transmission mitigated by social distancing
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A few thoughts on the “airborne" conversations right now…First, I ultimately think this comes down more to scicomm & our ability to communicate nuanced situations & data. How we approach
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Excerpts from the email I wrote to Fauci about aerosols and the implications of the misconception regarding the arbitrary 5 micron cut--describes figures in Powerpoint @linseymarr posted (1/)https://twitter.com/linseymarr/status/12906175945
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Masks Masquerading as ScienceTM.I spent a good part of my career engineering emulsion PCR and Nebulization equipment for DNA and RNA shearing. I have a very different view on this
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