#Aerosols

Katie Mack

AstroKatie

I still see people using COVID risk descriptions that don't consider the kind of space you're sharing. This analogy from May might be useful -- the key thing is HOW

Robin Monotti

robinmonotti

The evidence based science shows that medical face masks for the healthy do not alter rates of community transmission of SARSCoV2 while they contribute to the plastic pollution of planet.

Barry Hunt #COVIDzero #COVIDisairborne 😷

BarryHunt008

Classic case of airborne superspreader event Great quotes: “A five-micron particle will be airborne for 25 minutes and travel up to 400 metres indoors, so that’s a lot further than

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

Exactly. Aerosols are like short-range mist—the closer you are to the person emitting it, the more exposure *but* under the right conditions (poorly ventilated indoors space), the mist can accumulate

Prof. Katharine Hayhoe

KHayhoe

As the economic slow-down due to the coronavirus pandemic shutters industry, air pollution and carbon emissions are dropping. A lot of people have asked what this means for carbon emissions

Dr. Richard Corsi

CorsIAQ

1/ The pdf link that was posted by @CDC on 2/12/21 appears no longer available. The Director of CDC was on @MeetThePress today and referred to the 5 mitigation

Containment Now! #zeroCOVID

ContainmentNow

So now we know in more detail what we've argued all year long. Everyone said we were exaggerating. It was actually worse than we thought.1. Containment was a real option.

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

Federico Andres Lois

federicolois

1/ Let's look at this paper: "Influenza Virus Aerosols in the Air and Their Infectiousness" from 2014 (we cannot claim this was unknown). We know now that we have a

Orla Hegarty

Orla_Hegarty

#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

Dr. Haryax Pathak

HaryaxPathak

Hey #MedTwitterAs promised, taking this thread further, I'll highlight a few more aspects about #COVID19.A) TRANSMISSION and SPECIFIC PRECAUTIONSB) WHAT IS SUPER-SPREADING?C) WHAT IS R0?1/n https://twitter.com/HaryaxPathak/status/133080

Dr. Alex Huffman

HuffmanLabDU

1/x With #COVID19 cases skyrocketing all over the US, holiday meals are going to be very dangerous. To show the risks of meeting indoors I used an #aerosol box model

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

WORRISOME—Australia suddenly saw 5 infections of the UK B117 variant among 4 quarantined travelers & a cleaner on the same floor—but get this—none of the 5 people occupied the

Prof. Devi Sridhar

devisridhar

New Guardian piece: Confused over what to do over the holidays? Here's my take. With an effective vaccine within sight, preventing infections in the coming weeks is the imperative. The

Dr. Rob Davidson #WearAMask

DrRobDavidson

Comparing #MAGA Rallies to #BlackLivesMatter protests in terms of #COVID19 risk is the new false equivalency. As a doctor I see unique public health risk with a #TrumpRally, which

Dr. Alex Huffman

HuffmanLabDU

1/x On Friday I tweeted about a “huge” WHO update, but I didn’t feel it was pitched right, and I wanted to clarify & be more accuratehttps://twitter.com/HuffmanLabDU/status/1322199388937089024 2/x Releasing a

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