Alex Belgard

Threads: alexbelgard / Mastodon: @[email protected]. Tweets are my own & don’t represent any organization/employer

[The Corsi-Rosenthal Foundation UK @CRFoundationUK]

There is now evidence that immunity (from infection, vaccines or both) matched to one variant gives good protection from others if viral exposure is low/ moderate and not high.

Measures which reduce our exposure will maximize the effectiveness of vaccines.

#CleanTheAirWeShare

[Prof. Jose-Luis Jimenez @jljcolorado]

Very IMPORTANT study

- Vaccines or prior infection DO PROTECT against infection for low and moderate exposure to virus

- Do NOT be protect if HIGH exposure

So N95 masks, ventilation, filtration are CRITICAL, they can turn high exposures into low or moderate, avoid infection!

[What is Right wing extremism @WExtremism]

Bomb threats and ‘swatting’ campaign hits dozens of synagogues. At least 26 institutions have experienced incidents since late July as online trolls work together to harass Jews and other religious minorities.

[National Nurses United @NationalNurses]

This @CDCgov committee wants to WEAKEN infection control guidance. Yes — you read that right. Weaken.

Here is what’s at risk for nurses and patients.

[Mark Warner @MarkWarner]

Today marks the anniversary of the terrible white supremacist rally in Charlottesville that took the life of Heather Heyer.

Today, we remember and honor the life of Heather and recommit to rooting out hate and white supremacy wherever it proliferates.

[Richard Corsi, PhD, PE (Texas) @CorsIAQ]

1/ #CorsiRosenthalBox Effectiveness and Dynamics

We are doing long-term measurements of CR Box performance in a number of real occupied environments @ucdavis, with intermittent (every 2 months) take-down and detailed lab analysis. Here are results for one office suite.

[Ignite the Right @UnmaskUTR]

This week marks the 6th anniversary of the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, VA.

It also marks a year of Ignite the Right, a project created by anti-fascist researchers intent on identifying participants so they can be held accountable. 🧵

https://t.co/dJQjqjtJ82

[David Hogg 🟧 @davidhogg111]

Announcing Leaders We Deserve- a grassroots political organization determined to elect more people like @RepMaxwellFrost to congress and state legislatures. We do this by recruiting young people from the movements of today and getting them to run for office.

[NWS Baltimore-Washington @NWS_BaltWash]

Much of the area is now under a Moderate (Level 4 of 5) Risk for severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Widespread damaging wind gusts are likely, with potential for locally destructive winds. Tornadoes and large hail are also possible. Have a way to receive warnings!

[Arijit Chakravarty @arijitchakrav]

Great, practical article about how to meet minimal standards for reducing transmission in an indoor setting. Notaby, ⁦@sri_srikrishna⁩ & ⁦@AbraarKaran⁩ landed this in the Harvard Business Review. Kudos to you for putting this out there! https://t.co/whrVyXhB2k

[Drew Harwell @drewharwell]

The really crazy thing about that giant blinking X sign on the roof is that the company reinstated an account that posted an image of child sex torture without penalty https://t.co/2ZutaRIkHY

[Bad Baltic Takes @BadBalticTakes]

OMG. Seymour Hersh’s handler really messed up.

The “anonymous US official” supposed to be briefing Hersh used a russian expression (мальчик в трусиках) that English speakers don’t use. 😂

[Po Murray🟧 @po_murray]

Unlike the U.S, Switzerland requires gun license, registration, mental health assessment & gun safety training for gun ownership.

Swiss authorities decide on a local level whether to give people gun permits. They also keep a log of everyone who owns a gun in their region — known as a canton — though hunting rifles and some semiautomatic long arms are exempt from the permit requirement.

Cantonal police don't take their duty doling out gun licenses lightly. They might consult a psychiatrist or talk with authorities in other cantons where a prospective gun buyer has lived to vet the person. People who've been convicted of a crime or have an alcohol or drug addiction aren't allowed to buy guns in Switzerland.

The law also states that anyone who "expresses a violent or dangerous attitude" won't be permitted to own a gun.

Gun owners who want to carry their weapon for "defensive purposes" also have to prove they can properly load, unload, and shoot their weapon and must pass a test to get a license.

[Amanda Hu @amandalhu]

Elite athletes are paying attention to air quality and wearing N95s to reduce their exposure to air pollution because they understand it impacts health and performance https://t.co/lN6RX9JBAE

[Maxwell Alejandro Frost @MaxwellFrostFL]

When I first started calling @RonDeSantis a fascist, I got blowback from folks in both parties. Now, he’s being so overt about it that people are coming around. Calling DeSantis a fascist isn’t hyperbole, it’s defining what he is.

This is a Nazi symbol. 👇🏾

[The Corsi-Rosenthal Foundation UK @CRFoundationUK]

Agreed.

We believe clean indoor air will provide more public health benefit than anything since water sanitation and vaccination.

We need a new golden era of public health to match the early-mid 1900s. Clean indoor air at the spearhead.

#CleanTheAirWeShare

[Jim Rosenthal @JimRosenthal4]

Consumer Reports finds that even a single MERV 13 filter on a box fan will help with wildfire smoke. Next time - try a #corsirosenthalbox. It will work much better and compete favorably with your top choices. https://t.co/89jg5Brdvf

[The Corsi-Rosenthal Foundation UK @CRFoundationUK]

At the very least IAQ should be taken seriously in healthcare settings.
People visit them because they are already sick, right?
Shouldn't we at least try not to make them sicker?

This isn't controversial regarding something like Norovirus or C. diff.

#CleanTheAirWeShare

[Fire Engineering @fireengineering]

Not over yet: Researchers draw attention to long COVID plaguing firefighters nationwide. In many cases, symptoms have been causing sudden impairment, increasing concern. #LongCOVID #Firefighters #Health #NotOverYet https://t.co/LXBl0doz2i