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It has been more than
... Forever ...
days since I've picked up a dead bird.
I'm doing my part to avoid bird flu.
But
ARE YOU??
... Forever ...
days since I've picked up a dead bird.
I'm doing my part to avoid bird flu.
But
ARE YOU??
The tragedy is that what led to 1918 pandemic flu was that 1918 was the inaugural
_Year of Picking up a Dead Bird_
And this is, in actual fact, what led to the Spanish Flu.
Just a bit of (completely nonsensical) history for you folks.
_Year of Picking up a Dead Bird_
And this is, in actual fact, what led to the Spanish Flu.
Just a bit of (completely nonsensical) history for you folks.
Here I am really questioning how and whether picking up dead birds would ever rise to the level of contact that would affect the progression of an airborne disease.
For example humans work at poultry farms. They breathe the same air as the poultry.
Let brain cells mull that
For example humans work at poultry farms. They breathe the same air as the poultry.
Let brain cells mull that
The people who wanted to propagate the "droplet" vs airborne fiction got lucky until now.
1. The serious diseases like Ebola, which is also in the air, always necessitated N95s anyways because they were so serious.
1. The serious diseases like Ebola, which is also in the air, always necessitated N95s anyways because they were so serious.
2. And for many other diseases like flu RSV rhinovirus adenovirus etc, (which are in the air), droplet precautions weren't doing anything.
BUT, people don't typically die in great numbers from these viruses.
BUT, people don't typically die in great numbers from these viruses.
So, nobody really cared.
For serious diseases the severity scared people into wearing top protection.
And for the lesser diseases, it didn't matter to those in charge. They could get away with "droplet" despite they probably knew it was airborne.
For serious diseases the severity scared people into wearing top protection.
And for the lesser diseases, it didn't matter to those in charge. They could get away with "droplet" despite they probably knew it was airborne.
Ah, opening up yet another random PDF on my computer and spending 5 minutes skimming it. Yet another hit
This time, we will learn that influenza can transmit as aerosols through the air and infect at very low TCID50s (low dose).
Let's go!
From 1966. #influenzaisairborne!
This time, we will learn that influenza can transmit as aerosols through the air and infect at very low TCID50s (low dose).
Let's go!
From 1966. #influenzaisairborne!
Since we discovered flu is a virus, we wanted to know how it transmitted. Studies found through the air, but used high doses.
So authors wanted to go low.
No, not like that. Low dose.
So authors wanted to go low.
No, not like that. Low dose.
Authors used a system that approximated coughs, etc.
