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#Covid19 If you’re new to understanding #airborne virus transmission, here’s some background @zeynep https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/07/why-arent-we-talking-more-about-airborne-transmission/614737/ ..& a really clear

[Thread] #Covid19 #Quarantine hotel breaches & cross infection of guests & staff due to weak points in:-choice of buildings-transportation -staffing & security-inadequate precautions for airborne spread 1/ ‘#ventilation to

[Thread] Learning from #COVID19 #superspreadUSA Skagit Choir practice: 1 person with mild symptoms, 2.5-hours indoors, 50 infected, 2 deaths“you can be inhaling what someone else exhaled even if they are

#EdChatIE Saying schools are ‘statistically’ safe is like saying flying is statistically safePilots are still responsible for passengers, & checking plane is airworthySchools need support for detailed local risk assessments

[Thread] Everything we need to know to halt spread of #Covid19 is hiding in plain sight at this NPHET briefing ‘7 things we ~could learn~ if we looked harder’ 1/https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/0114/1189824-5-things/

[Thread] Understanding the science of HOW #Covid19 spreads is the key to breaking the chain & stopping new infections Here’s the work of world leading scientistsDr Don Milton, Professor of

[Thread] #Covid19 Indoor dining super-spread ‘Eleven of the 37 patrons who dined at the Smile Buffalo Thai restaurant on the night of December 21 tested positive to the virus, after

[Thread] Will #Level5 work? Contacts between people are not all high-risk, & research says that most people with #COVID19 only transmit to 1 other person or fewer.. ‘It’s often not

#Level5 #Covid19 there’s ~no evidence~ 3rd wave is due to ‘increased socialisation’ & ‘people not following rules’. NPHET said same about 2nd wave‘Bad behaviour’ is inferred by NPHET as case

[Thread] #Restaurants spaced tables do not protect from airborne spread over 2m eating & talking indoors without masks is high risk of super-spreadbuilding reg ventilation standards aren’t enough to

International science: ‘Restaurants & pubs are highest risk for indoor super-spread, as virus builds up quickly in air & nobody wears masks’ Ireland: ‘Restaurants & pubs to be ‘key battleground’

(controversial, but..)Solution is to design, manage & police safe outdoor*, low-risk places for all ages to meet in masks. Outdoors is twenty times safer than gathering in homes & pubs,

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