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@CMOH_Alberta @YourAlberta In Jan. I with many other concerned scientists (engineers, physicians, epidemiologist etc) warned of the airborne elements of #COVID19, the need to address ventilation and filtration, that social distancing was circumstantial....1/n
...that mandatory mask, building and personal hygiene an absolute...now after 9 months the @WHO release this ventilation video... as practitioners we are asking should authorities setting minimums to be the authority in a pandemic?
3/n repeatedly authority has demonstrated how disconnected they are from the ground floor research...frequently 8 to 12 weeks behind....they have followed advice from the @WHO who have themselves abandoned the precautionary principle...
4/n for 7 months now....scientists and engineers belonging to global organizations such as @IEQ_GA have provided frequent updates to their guidance documents as new research became available yet authority ignored them until today's ventilation video....
5/n great responsibility comes with setting minimums for the safety and health of our citizens but authority has abdicated its ethical obligations by setting its knowledge above that of others who are more qualified to advise on matters of aerosol transmission...
..but worst of all is the cognitive dissonance exhibited by government representatives with a science background... you have studied particle dispersion, fluid dynamics, physics...you know better - yet you turn your back on the basics!!!
I have no Ph.D. in science but with free particles, free sunlight, cardboard scavenged from a construction bin and an 11 and 14-year-old assistant can recreate what you already know!
Why? Why when you know this intuitively you turn your back on your instincts and what you know from physics...you passionately enter academia for 12-14-16 years only to ignore what you know? WTF?!
Ethics 101 - paramount to uphold the health and safety of society!!!! Even if we have doubts! The precautionary principles say to be cautious!!! WE DO NOT TURN OUR BACKS ON CIVILIZATION BECAUSE OF UNCERTAINTY!!!!!
10/n as a licensed professional I accepted the responsibility not from 1 but from 3 Profesional associations that dictated my practice every second of every day...not once did I compromise...never...my entire ethos...my soul...my passion...always was about protecting society...
11/n Rest assured your colleagues - your colleges - your associations - your peers - your students - your offspring will look back at this time on our continuum of life and point to you and ask why? Why did you turn your backs on what you intuitively knew?
