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#weararespirator

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Caramelized Shallots

This is a sad situation. I bet she is not the only one who has been infected so many times. Most people no longer test. She really needs some quality masks and someone should tell her about Novavax.

#covid #CovidIsNotOver #WearARespirator #Novavax whec.com/top-news/rochester-wo

WHEC.com · Rochester woman says she's tested positive for COVID-19 18 times in five years, leaving her feeling 'crazy'ROCHESTER, N.Y. – “People think I’m crazy,” said Kristen Kruger, who says she has tested positive for COVID-19 18 times in the last five years.Kruger shared photos with News10NBC’s Chief Investigative Reporter Berkeley Brean of nine of those positive tests, from 2022 through January of this year. The positive red line is faint but visible.Berkeley […]
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Broadwaybabyto

The policy lead for CDC’s H5N1 response has resigned as egg prices are through the roof & the more dangerous D1.1 genotype just spilled over into dairy cattle.

The chaos of the last few weeks has been devastating to public health. RFK Jr waiting in wings to finish it off.

Wear a respirator. If you have flu symptoms, stay home. If you can’t stay home, you need to wear a respirator. If you have flu symptoms and pink eye? Get tested!

Screenshot of a LinkedIn post which reads LinkedIn post: On January 24th I formally resigned from my position with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). I started at CDC in 2010, and I have spent 20 years in public service, including my 15 years in service at the federal level. Here is a little bit of what I wrote in my resignation, because I'm not sure that anyone is actually going to read it. "I feel honored to be among the public health professionals that have had the privilege to work at CDC. As I reflect on my own experiences and accomplishments during my time here, I am humbled by the magnitude and the importance of our work. To my colleagues: we have worked together through chaos and uncertainty, transition, reorganization, preparation, and response. You are the most selfless, dedicated, and passionate people I know. I have watched you work around the clock, take additional details, deployments, and responsibilities, try to balance work and family, forego self-care, and keep pushing and work together to protect the public’s health. I’ve seen your sacrifice. I want you to know that your support and guidance has been invaluable, and I am proud of the work we have accomplished together."
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#h5n1#birdflu#publichealth
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Eric's Risk Assessment

Five hour delay for infection in a contaminated indoor room. You have to treat any indoor room as hot until proven otherwise.

Evidence from whole genome sequencing of aerosol transmission of #SARSCoV2 almost 5 hours after hospital room turnover - American Journal of Infection Control

ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-

researchsquare.com/article/rs-

> Experimental evidence suggests that Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) remains viable within aerosols with a half-life of approximately 3 hours; however, it remains unclear how long airborne SARS-CoV-2 can transmit infection. Whole genome sequencing during an outbreak suggested in-room transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to two patients admitted nearly 2 and 5 hours, respectively, after discharge of an asymptomatic infected patient. These findings suggest that airborne SARS-CoV-2 may transmit infection for over 4 hours, even in a hospital setting.

Diagram displaying covid transmission. There's "cluster 1" with person A infecting three different people (B, C, and D) in three different rooms. Then "cluster 2" is in another room and transmission is shown over time. Infected patient E is discharged at 11:00 am, then patient F is admitted at 12:43 pm to the same room and catches this strain. A third patient G is admitted to the room at 3:45 pm and infected, and passes this infection within the room to person H.
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#covidIsAirborne#WearARespirator
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Mx Verda

@pkw @Alice

I literally hear *both* sets of neighbours hacking at all hours and they haven’t shut up for weeks.

I’m not blaming them for being ill, but I *am* blaming them for (incredibly likely) not wearing KN95 or FFP3 respirators that would have vastly reduced their infection risk.

But I’m also angry about all the dumbass social pressure to breathe on each other in public, private, and everything in between.

#wearArespirator #wearAmask #covid #covid19 #coronavirus #SARS #SarsCoV2 #MERS #systemicillness #systemicinfection #newJab #influenza #birdFlu #pandemic #PandemicIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #commonSense (common-ly expected- sense)

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N95Bias Ⓥ🏴‍☠️

The thing about nanoplastics in every organ of the body and rising cancer rates pre-covid is that covid -- by damaging mechanisms in the body that prevent tumor formation & growth -- can now take that curve and make it exponential

The thing about filtering the air you breathe is that you can solve a significant portion of both problems at once

We created a world in which the air we breathe in cities is full of plastic. The inflammatory, hormonal, epigenetic, and carcinogenic risks of this are clearer than thermoplastic polymer

Until there is something we can do about it systemically, you are being exposed. But you can do something about that today (by wearing an N95)

#microplastics#nanoplastics#covid
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N95Bias Ⓥ🏴‍☠️

A story in three parts:

1. "The company found that a car’s four tires collectively emit 1 trillion ultrafine particles — of less than 100 nanometers — per kilometer driven. These particles, a growing number of experts say, pose a unique health risk: They are so small they can pass through lung tissue into the bloodstream and cross the blood-brain barrier or be breathed in and travel directly to the brain, causing a range of problems."

e360.yale.edu/features/tire-po

2. "... smaller ultrafine particles of <36.5 nm size generally penetrated least. [...] 95% protection is achievable for smaller particles of 11.5 to 20.5 nm sizes."

mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/9/1958

3. Respirators work. Over the coming years, you will probably see more and more articles come out about the health risks of airborne micro and nanoplastics -- mostly in the context of their accumulation in untreated, indoor air. But it is worth knowing that there is something you can do about your exposure outdoors, as well. The more people normalize this behavior, the less stigmatized it becomes. The only thing worse than a health risk is the stigma attached to the tools that help us mitigate it. Since electric vehicles weigh more -- and thus emit more tire dust -- outdoor air isn't getting any friendlier in places with car-centric infrastructure

Yale E360Road Hazard: Evidence Mounts on Toxic Pollution from TiresResearchers are only beginning to uncover the toxic cocktail of chemicals, microplastics, and heavy metals hidden in car and truck tires. But experts say these tire emissions are a significant source of air and water pollution and may be affecting humans as well as wildlife.
#AirQuality#TireDust#microplastics
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N95Bias Ⓥ🏴‍☠️

Losing my mind that this is in a 2013 issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene:

"The growing threat of an influenza pandemic presents a unique challenge to healthcare workers, emergency responders, and the civilian population. [OSHA] recommends [NIOSH]-approved respirators to provide protection against infectious airborne viruses in various workplace settings."

tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108

#covid#covid19#pandemic
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