Busycactus 💉+😷

🦷💪🌵📢 Covid & Orthopoxvirus Is Airborne 💨

"Everything we do before a pandemic will seem alarmist. Everything we do after a pandemic will seem inadequate"

[Busycactus 💉+😷 @busycactus]

If only life is always as chill as a late lunch at the winery on a long weekend. #samoyed #yarravalley

[Busycactus 💉+😷 @busycactus]

Second hand embarrassment as a dentist on the level of uninformed and unprofessional actions by my colleagues during a deadly pandemic.

[Busycactus 💉+😷 @busycactus]

@DALupton Mode of presymptomatic transmission and particle linger time has never been taught widely, few gave it much thought outside of the guidelines. Guide says N95 for confirmed case only (and if confirmed most likely reschedule). Nothing on staff to patient transmission prevention.

[Dr David Berger BSc MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACGP-RG DTM+H @YouAreLobbyLud]

1/ Guys, guys, guys, this is very interesting. Look at these Boeing 737 CO2 traces from last week on Aranet4 HOME CO2 monitors, one in the cockpit and one in the back with the rest of the Self Loading Freight.

[Henry Madison @RageSheen]

No past - no custom or tradition is allowed to survive. No future, no planning for critical emerging threats. Just eternal lifestyle presents. ‘Living our best lives’.

Fighting a pandemic? Where can we get good coffee! Fighting climate change? What about my trip to Italy!

/end

[Dr Satoshi Akima FRACP 『秋間聰』 @ToshiAkima]

Dear @GeraintThomas86 and @INEOSGrenadiers, that surgical mаsk isn't going to stop your team from contracting an airborne illness. You want everyone in fit-tested respirators to help everyone get to the finishing line injury-free.
https://t.co/JmqEFrVytn

[Busycactus 💉+😷 @busycactus]

Dentists are more than guilty at making similar assumptions, our protocols and guidelines are riddled with it, thanks to IPC, then we simply hold it like gospel without question and do harm upon ourselves, our colleagues, our staff and our patients.

[tern @1goodtern]

Give this *two minutes of your time*.
You're already holding your phone.
Switch apps for a minute, do this, then tweet to say you've done it.

[Sue J @SMpwrgr]

Monster submission quote🧵 a labour of Cleaner Air love

Was browsing Cvd Response Inquiry submissions, finding lots of IAQ references & started collecting

the panel must not ignore evidence-based Cleaner Air message submitted again & again from a diverse myriad of Australians

[Caroline @caro-icu.bsky.social @Caro_Dew_]

There it is. 2024.
📢
WHO defines SARS-CoV-2 as Airborne

“Indoor airborne risk assessment in the context of SARS-CoV-2: Description of airborne transmission mechanism and method to develop a new standardized model for risk assessment. Geneva: World Health Organisation; 2024”

[Marina 🐝 @HappyNacho73]

for me, his sister, who has been chronically ill for a decade.

I don’t know what else to say…

…except fuck you.

You’re leaving the best of us behind despite tricking us with the promise you wouldn’t.

It’s going to be a tremendous pleasure to vote you out next election.

[Putrino Lab @PutrinoLab]

This afternoon (US time) I was asked for comment on the recent statements on #LongCOVID in Australia. Here is the statement I provide:
As a scientist, an Australian and one of the world's leading authorities on LongCOVID I was disgusted to see John Gerrard's irresponsible 1/

[Daniel B @daniel__b8]

I wasn’t going to share this but here goes. I am the Daniel in this Article. Thank you to everyone who has reached out with their support.
LC has been an incredibly eye opening experience, one that has completely changed how I view the world, how I see people and how they see me

[Prof Brendan Crabb @CrabbBrendan]

Daniel & Brett's stories are powerful. #LongCovid can hit anyone, of any age. 1/

Daniel has Long COVID. It has cost him more than $100,000 https://t.co/jLDjjo8REb

[Kashif Pirzada, MD @KashPrime]

Given recent cases without a link to travel, there is likely community spread of Measles happening in Quebec and Ontario. What does that mean for you? Had the chance to speak to @caryn_lieberman on Global News about this:

- measles is an airborne virus, like C19, Flu, so similar precautions will help. It can float in the air for hours if the air is not properly filtered or cycled with outside air (eg at least 6 air exchanges an hour). All the lessons from C19, including good ventilation, masks in crowds, staying home when sick apply here, and will prevent illness and slow spread. If your school or workplace has been dragging its feet on ventilation upgrades, now is the time to really press for this.

- Get vaccinated if you're unsure of your immunity. If you have young children, you can move up the first shot to as early as 6 months of age (from the usual 12 months). Second shot is usually given at 4 years, and that can be moved sooner as well (I moved my own kid's up by one month).

- Why are we so worried about Measles? It has been a major killer of young children for centuries. The first chapter in the MSF field guide for disaster medicine lists Measles vaccination of children right next to the provision of clean water and sanitation, it's that important. Even in highly vaccinated societies, outbreaks have resulted in a death rate of up to 1/1000, much higher in unvaccinated kids. It spreads quickly, and is one of the only other pathogens more contagious than C19.

- If you're immune, you'll likely be spared the worst consequences of infection, including encephalitis and pneumonia, but it is not guaranteed. Some people never develop antibodies from vaccination, some are immune compromised to begin with, which is why we need high community vaccination rates to protect them. Get vaccinated if you aren't yet, or get a booster if your immune status is uncertain.

- If you're sick with cough and cold symptoms, and you've been to one of the exposed affected sites mentioned by public health, stay home, contact your GP or public health.

- If you're sick with cough/cold symptoms, and then develop an unusual rash, such as white spots in your mouth (Koplik spots), or a splotchy red skin rash, stay home, and contact public health. Wear a tight-fitting mask if you have to go out or interact with anyone. Example of Koplik spots from @drgorfinkle:

Control of measles with vaccination was one of the signature accomplishments of our grandparent's generation, and we have squandered it. Rampant social media misinformation plays a role, but in reality we have lived too long and too far removed from reality; that these bugs never went away, and it requires constant vigilance to keep them in check. Let us hope the damage can be limited.

[Outbreak Updates @outbreakupdates]

This is disturbing.

SARS-CoV-2 infection in infancy is not just a transient illness.

It’s a harbinger of prolonged developmental disruptions.

1/

[Andrew Hewat @AndrewHewat]

SARS2 receipts:
Hard to believe in 2020 around 3,000 Vic HCWs infected at work & 3 years later hospitals still play ping-pong with N95 guidance.
3,000 people infected at work!

Precautionary principle? *cough* Really?

And patients? How many got infected in care? How many died?

[Busycactus 💉+😷 @busycactus]

Dentists take note:

[Busycactus 💉+😷 @busycactus]

Not at all. Surgical masks only, with big gaps on the side. I saw it with my own eyes in a NICU.

[Soph @Sophs0123]

Ok - can someone please explain how a premature baby in a neonatal ICU catches rhinovirus??!! 😳
Someone had to have brought it in there, and surely if you’re around a preemie with no immunity - you’d have super strict PPE and hygiene?