#Droplets

Dr Kevin Purcell

kevinpurcell

Excellent piece from Nature in 2019 with both new results and a great summary of previous work.Worth reading for the details.https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-38808-z “The particle emission rate during speech is linearly correlated

Kimberly Prather, Ph.D.

kprather88

Some thoughts from active scientists on Twitter about COVID-19 by aerosol scientists and indoor air experts @linseymarr @CathNoakes @j_g_allen @jljcolorado @amgcarlton (1/) There is a historical bias against aerosols for

Nicholas G. Evans

neva9257

Alright, let’s do this again. Not including face shields/other face coverings in your statements is ableist and bad, doing otherwise costs you nothing, and it’s the moral thing to do.

Chris von Csefalvay

chrisvcsefalvay

This may be a truth wasted on @mattyglesias, but over here in science, we generally draw a line between 'knowing' and 'assuming'. Asymptomatic transmission of the #coronavirus causing #COVID19 is

Jemila #ThriveWithDigital 🇬🇭

jabdulai

That caption Writer’s gold. I was half-asleep, now wide awake reading a long article. The hook did was it was meant to - reel me in. #Writing https://twitter.com/newyorker/status/1249066226413973508 “Unlike other

Jedi Pikachu Skywalker

zLaTaNPiKaPi29

There are beguiling stories on the river Brahmaputra, if one gleans through the pages of Hindu & Buddhist Literature. While Tibetan Buddhists believe that an ancient Boddhisattava decided to cut an

Nayyar Ahmed, PhD

Muslim_Scientst

#Coronavirus Thread Part 3 Dr. Anthony Fauci announced that "antibody test is coming in a week or so". What does #antibody mean?#Antibodies are proteins in the immune system that are

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georgeanng

COVID-19 is airborne and the primary way to slow the spread without full lockdown will be to minimize time spent indoors without a mask. A thread: "[At] typical indoor air

Linsey Marr

linseymarr

Nearly tears of joy seeing new paper in medical journal with correct analysis and interpretation of aerosol transmission: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30323-4/fulltext See thread for summary of main poi

Conor Ruzycki

caruzycki

1/ Another thread on the whole airborne thing. But this one might be a bit different, and I hope it serves as a bridge to critics. I want outline how

Palli Thordarson

PalliThordarson

1/25 Part 1 - Why does soap work so well on the SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus and indeed most viruses? Because it is a self-assembled nanoparticle in which the weakest link

☣️Dr. Dharma Bum🔬👨🏼‍🔬

Dr_Dharma_Bum

I woke up this morning. That's the good news. I have COVID and feel like I'm on a death watch waiting to see if I die like >165000 Americans have.

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

Leah McElrath 🏳️‍🌈

leahmcelrath

Joe Biden needs to be quarantined too.He and Trump were both maskless at the debate. I’m distressed by how many people still believe social distancing within an interior space is

Jose-Luis Jimenez

jljcolorado

1/ COVID-19 has "anisotropic" infection: Despite 100 times LOWER dose, monkeys infected by SARS-CoV-2 thru aerosols developed MORE SEVERE respiratory disease and lung pathology (vs. nose/trachea)Preprint from US Army Infectious

Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬

lymanstoneky

Two more days of COVID data woooooAnd what it shows is that your nice pretty epidemic charts are Mega Super Dumb. Here's our basic US chart: Tests up, positive cases