#Aerosol

Dr. Lynora Saxinger 🇨🇦

AntibioticDoc

Why is COVID so bloody good at spreading? The lack of specific immunity because it's new is obvious, droplets, many really are going after aerosol spread as the smoking gun-

Jose-Luis Jimenez

jljcolorado

1/ Schools & COVID-19A lot of misinformation on this. Best evidence: there is considerable transmission in schools. So schools should be opened only w/ low community transmission, and w/ mitigation

Dr. Lisa Iannattone

lisa_iannattone

Why do aerosols and droplets cause so much drama? A thread It really all stems from a long-standing error in the medical literature on the size of droplets: Particles

Dr. Ali Nouri

AliNouriPhD

1/Possible #Airborne #SARSCoV2 Transmission through Air Ducts: after a series of infections, all 437 residents of an apt building were tested. 10 infections uncovered, all living on different floors but

Kimberly Prather, Ph.D.

kprather88

A new paper (coming out in 2021) proposing an expanded "new" model for "airborne"....sounds familiar. (1/4)https://cmr.asm.org/content/34/1/e00184-20 Consequently, we propose a revised and broader definition of “airbor

Cheryl White

LadyScorcher

There are a lot of ways to describe my day job but I think the most important aspect is to integrate knowledge from different stakeholders to come up with better

Conor Ruzycki

caruzycki

1/ Nebulizers have taken a lot of flak recently, in large part due to the use of a neb by an asthmatic patient in an AUS quarantine hotel. There’s an

Shelly Asquith

ShellyAsquith

THREAD. Inspectors and scientists at the Health & Safety Executive have published a strong statement, via their union @ProspectUnion, calling for change after it was revealed that Covid has not

Deirdre Gilhawley

DeeGilhawley

More proof of airborne transmission - the case of the Diamond Princess cruise ship"A computer model of the cruise-ship outbreak found that the virus spread most readily in microscopic droplets

Dr. Richard Corsi

CorsIAQ

1/ Incredibly disappointed in this @CDC document aimed at "layered mitigation". But I probably shouldn't be surprised by now. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/community/schools-childcare/K-12-Operational-Str

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

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

NOTA BENE—Don’t be deceived if you see nobody in a room. CO2 levels can still be high if room is poorly ventilated. Remember #SARSCoV2 aerosols can stay airborne from 20

Adam Hamdy

adamhamdy

1. I hope Professor Marr won’t object to me sharing some of her excellent work, but the UK has just sent 10.8 million students, 500k teachers & tens of thousands

Dr. Richard Corsi

CorsIAQ

1/ Why universal mask wearing in buildings is importantFirst, the persons infected are unknown. So, if everyone wears a mask the infectors are also wearing masks. Second, everyone else (receptors)

Robin Monotti

robinmonotti

"Aerosols..within the most breathable size range between 0.5 & 5 μm, can carry SARS-CoV-2 deep to the terminal alveoli..if this transmission pathway does exist, it would bypass the mucociliary clearance

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

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