#Aerosols

Kevin McKernan 🙂

Kevin_McKernan

Masks Masquerading as ScienceTM.I spent a good part of my career engineering emulsion PCR and Nebulization equipment for DNA and RNA shearing. I have a very different view on this

⬆️Ventilation⬆️--⬇️#COVIDisAirborne risk⬇️ -Save💙

grahamja51

1. COVID-19 Superspreading Thread As the mutant variant seems to spread more easily - it's important to remember that the COVID-19 virus spreads quickly given the ideal super spreading conditions

Zeke Hausfather

hausfath

Climate scientist here; stuff like this is dangerously inaccurate. If we stop emissions tomorrow, the earth will remain around 1.2C above preindustrial temps. If we get to net-zero emissions by

Alasdair Munro

apsmunro

Really interesting pre print looking at school transmission in Northern Italy during the second surgeSuggests huge age dependant differences in risk of transmission in children in these settings (who would

Abraar Karan

AbraarKaran

THREAD1/ Our new piece in @statnews — along with vaccine rollout, the US needs a high filtration mask initiativeEvery American should have access to high filtration masks for use any

Dr Clare Craig

ClareCraigPath

About this new variant....a) it's not new - it's been around since September (and it didn't make much difference)b) the conclusions about it spreading rapidly are based entirely on this:

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

A reminder about DROPLETS and MICRODROPLETS. 6 feet rule is not enough indoors with now established aerosol based transmission. #MasksOn #COVID19 2) Here is an earlier thread on evidence that

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Almost 1 year ago, Feb 26, 2020, authors wrote in a top journal that the coronavirus posed “limited threat outside of China” & “wearing mask in public does not prevent

Dr. Alex Huffman

HuffmanLabDU

1/ The updated #CDC guidelines on #ventilation from yesterday are important b/c they provide a clear, practical set of tools for a critical aspect of battling the still raging #COVID

KitsonJ

KitsonJ1

I really think this is a huge danger. We are getting the vulnerable into enclosed spaces for 15mins minimum, sometimes much longer, with no real idea if someone in the

Kimberly Prather, Ph.D.

kprather88

A good article on masks. One key way they are believed to help is that lowering the dose that is inhaled lowers the severity of the disease. This could partly

Kevin McKernan 🙂

Kevin_McKernan

Inside and Outside of kids cloth mask worn all day at school.Plated on PDA with no selection.Central planning and it’s effect on evolution and anti-fragility?If 7B people all wear 300um

JEN KIRKMAN 👩🏻‍💻

JenKirkman

You. have. got. to. be. fucking. kidding. me. I read that this time they have mandatory rapid testing at the show. Huh. That’s what I was told was making the

Judy Melinek M.D.

drjudymelinek

So we just landed in New Zealand. Temperature checks and symptoms screening on landing. Now taken on a bus to a quarantine hotel for two weeks in Auckland. This is

Little Hoppy Saul 💙#SafeEdForAll

HoppySaul

Simple termsVirus transmits via droplets and aerosols.Droplet transmission mitigated by social distancing and good hand and surface hygiene.Aerosol transmission mitigated by improving ventilation and wearing face coverings when indoors with

Abraar Karan

AbraarKaran

Short1/ So @CDCgov on their “Your Guide to Masks” has a section saying don’t use N95s or surgical masks for the general public bc they are reserved for healthcare workers.

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