Thread by @DeeGilhawley, The entire Primary Schools reopening plan hangs on one sentence (p26): "Remember [...]

The entire Primary Schools reopening plan hangs on one sentence (p26): "Remember that the virus is spread by droplets and is not airborne so physical
separation is enough to reduce the risk of spread to others even if they are in the same
room"
#COVID19ireland #edchatie

https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m2720

Covid-19: Airborne transmission is being underestimated, warn experts

Microscopic respiratory droplets generated by talking and breathing can hover in the air for minutes or hours and drift many metres horizontally before infecting people, argue 239 experts from 32...

https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m2720

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/health/virus-aerosols-who.html

The Coronavirus Can Be Airborne Indoors, W.H.O. Says

The agency also explained more directly that people without symptoms may spread the virus. The acknowledgments should have come sooner, some experts said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/health/virus-aerosols-who.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/health/coronavirus-airborne-aerosols.html

Airborne Coronavirus: What You Should Do Now

How to protect yourself from a virus that may be floating indoors? Better ventilation, for starters. And keep wearing those masks.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/health/coronavirus-airborne-aerosols.html

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/airborne-coronavirus-what-you-should-do-now-to-help-yourself-stay-safe-1.4298297

Airborne coronavirus: What you should do now to help yourself stay safe

How to avoid a virus that may be floating indoors? Keep wearing masks, for starters

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/airborne-coronavirus-what-you-should-do-now-to-help-yourself-stay-safe-1.4298297

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/8/20-1274_article

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/04/health/239-experts-with-one-big-claim-the-coronavirus-is-airborne.html

239 Experts With One Big Claim: The Coronavirus Is Airborne

The W.H.O. has resisted mounting evidence that viral particles floating indoors are infectious, some scientists say. The agency maintains the research is still inconclusive.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/04/health/239-experts-with-one-big-claim-the-coronavirus-is-airborne.html

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30323-4/fulltext

Particle sizes of infectious aerosols: implications for infection control

The global pandemic of COVID-19 has been associated with infections and deaths among health-care workers. This Viewpoint of infectious aerosols is intended to inform appropriate infection control...

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30323-4/fulltext

Mounting evidence suggests coronavirus is airborne — but health advice has not caught up
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02058-1

"The World Health Organization has acknowledged there is emerging evidence that the coronavirus can be spread by tiny particles suspended in the air.

The airborne transmission could not be ruled out in crowded, closed or poorly ventilated settings" https://www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-53329946?amp_js_v=a3&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQIKAGwASDYAQE%3D#aoh=15958865272918&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld-53329946

Coronavirus: WHO rethinking how Covid-19 spreads in air

The WHO has acknowledged there is evidence that Covid-19 can be spread by airborne particles.

https://www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-53329946?amp_js_v=a3&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQIKAGwASDYAQE%3D#aoh=15958865272918&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld-53329946

https://www.cebm.net/study/covid-19-aerosol-transmission-of-covid-19/

Aerosol Transmission of COVID-19 - CEBM

Aerosol transmission of COVID-19 may take place by infected people with no symptoms when they speak or breathe without necessarily coughing or sneezing.

https://www.cebm.net/study/covid-19-aerosol-transmission-of-covid-19/

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/scourge-hygiene-theater/614599/

Hygiene Theater Is a Huge Waste of Time

People are power scrubbing their way to a false sense of security.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/scourge-hygiene-theater/614599/

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.15.20132027v2

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by inhalation of respiratory aerosol in the Skagit Valley Chorale...

During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, an outbreak occurred following attendance of a symptomatic index case at a regular weekly rehearsal on 10 March of the Skagit Valley Chorale (SVC). After that...

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.15.20132027v2

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.19.20145326v1.full.pdf

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-69286-3

Aerosol and surface contamination of SARS-CoV-2 observed in quarantine and isolation care

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-69286-3

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/07/11/1005087/coronavirus-airborne-fighting-wrong-way/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/opinion/coronavirus-aerosols.amp.html

Opinion | Yes, the Coronavirus Is in the Air

Transmission through aerosols matters — and probably a lot more than we’ve been able to prove yet.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/opinion/coronavirus-aerosols.amp.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/07/why-arent-we-talking-more-about-airborne-transmission/614737/

We Need to Talk About Ventilation

How is it that six months into a respiratory pandemic, we are still doing so little to mitigate airborne transmission?

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/07/why-arent-we-talking-more-about-airborne-transmission/614737/

https://www-nytimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/health/diamond-princess-coronavirus-aerosol.amp.html?amp_js_v=a3&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%3D#aoh=15961520108076&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2020%2F07%2F30%2Fhealth%2Fdiamond-princess-coronavirus-aerosol.html
#COVID19ireland #edchatie

Aboard the Diamond Princess, a Case Study in Aerosol Transmission

A computer model of the cruise-ship outbreak found that the virus spread most readily in microscopic droplets light enough to linger in the air.

https://www-nytimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/health/diamond-princess-coronavirus-aerosol.amp.html?amp_js_v=a3&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%3D#aoh=15961520108076&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2020%2F07%2F30%2Fhealth%2Fdiamond-princess-coronavirus-aerosol.html

Study finding 60% of transmission of Covid19 aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship was due to airborne transmission https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.13.20153049v1

Mechanistic Transmission Modeling of COVID-19 on the Diamond Princess Cruise Ship Demonstrates the...

Background The current prevailing position is that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is transmitted primarily through large respiratory droplets within close proximity (i.e., 1-2 m) of infected...

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.13.20153049v1

https://slate.com/technology/2020/07/coronavirus-airborne-what-that-means.amp?__twitter_impression=true
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The Coronavirus Is Airborne. The Coronavirus Is Airborne. The Coronavirus Is Airborne.

https://slate.com/technology/2020/07/coronavirus-airborne-what-that-means.amp?__twitter_impression=true

"Mounting evidence suggests coronavirus is airborne — but health advice has not caught up

Governments are starting to change policies amid concerns that tiny droplets can carry SARS-CoV-2."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02058-1
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"Multiple scientific journal articles have been published related to the issue of potential airborne transmission of SARS-Co-V-2 through aerosols..The rationale for consideration is based on multiple, growing, lines of evidence"
#COVID19ireland #edchatie https://www.epa.gov/coronavirus/indoor-air-and-covid-19-key-references-and-publications

Indoor Air and COVID-19 Key References and Publications | US EPA

Review a list of some of the technical publications addressing the science related to transmission of SARS-Co-V-2 through aerosol in indoor environments.

https://www.epa.gov/coronavirus/indoor-air-and-covid-19-key-references-and-publications

Back in March, 36 world experts in aerosols,etc petitioned @WHO to declare inhalation transmission as a major factor in the spread of COVID, but they were dismissed then. They then published this last month https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa939/5867798
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It is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of COVID-19

Lidia Morawska, Donald K Milton; It is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of COVID-19, Clinical Infectious Diseases, , ciaa939, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/

https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa939/5867798

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