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What do we mean by #UseAirbornePrecautions? There are clear guidelines in health care settings, but what do we mean by it for the public? A 🧵 of 🧵(met-thread) on this. Strap in, this will be long 1/
2) First, this is not the first #airborne problem we have faced, and it won't be the last. And not all of them are exotic pathogens. Some could be as mundane as dust, smoke, pollens, volatile/semi-volatile organic compounds. They are all around our living space
3) Not all #airborne troubles are created equal. For example, I am a lot more allergic to cigarette smoke than incense. This varies from person to person and trouble to trouble. Some do not have any smell and can still be a "headache".
@danaparish @BhadeliaMD @BrighamWomens @DrKatrin_Rabiei Here is a summary published in @ACPinternists on the Brigham Women’s hospital. @jljcolorado @Iamgoingtosleep @kprather88 @busycactus @NjbBari3 @Don_Milton @j_g_allen @jmcrookston @meganranney @shikgupta @ShikhaJainMD @CorsIAQ (1/
acpjournals.org/doi/full/10.73…
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@danaparish @BhadeliaMD @BrighamWomens @DrKatrin_Rabiei @ACPinternists @jljcolorado @Iamgoingtosleep @kprather88 @busycactus @NjbBari3 @Don_Milton @j_g_allen @jmcrookston @meganranney @shikgupta @ShikhaJainMD @CorsIAQ Here are some results:
First, the test to clear isolation failed. @michaelmina_lab @yaneerbaryam @noellejt
“The index case was a symptomatic patient in whom isolation was discontinued after 2 negative results on nasopharyngeal polymerase chain reaction testing.”
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First, the test to clear isolation failed. @michaelmina_lab @yaneerbaryam @noellejt
“The index case was a symptomatic patient in whom isolation was discontinued after 2 negative results on nasopharyngeal polymerase chain reaction testing.”
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@danaparish @BhadeliaMD @BrighamWomens @DrKatrin_Rabiei @ACPinternists @jljcolorado @Iamgoingtosleep @kprather88 @busycactus @NjbBari3 @Don_Milton @j_g_allen @jmcrookston @meganranney @shikgupta @ShikhaJainMD @CorsIAQ @michaelmina_lab @yaneerbaryam @noellejt Also, 8 of 9 roommates who shared rooms with potentially contagious patients were infected. Remember #dontsharetheair (3/
Sometime early last year, an arbitrary >15 minute limit was placed on classifying close contacts for tracing #Covid_19 transmission.
As @jmcrookston puts it, no one knows for sure why 15 minutes and believe me, if he is not sure, no one is. No one has looked harder. A 🧵 1/7
As @jmcrookston puts it, no one knows for sure why 15 minutes and believe me, if he is not sure, no one is. No one has looked harder. A 🧵 1/7
Gradually over the year though, evidence started emerging that the virus does not wear a watch, i.e., 15 minutes is not a magical barrier.
Busting the 15-minute myth further: 2/7
Busting the 15-minute myth further: 2/7
cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/6… Outbreak in a prison. Correctional officer infected with ~17 minutes of cumulative exposure, not continuos, and he was wearing masks during all interactions 3/7
SARS taught us lessons. Then we forgot them | The Star
The precautionary principle was a “key lesson” from SARS that Ontario failed to heed, says Mario Possamai, who advised Campbell on the SARS Commission.
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The precautionary principle was a “key lesson” from SARS that Ontario failed to heed, says Mario Possamai, who advised Campbell on the SARS Commission.
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In his October 2020 report “A Time of Fear,” he details how Canada’s failure to employ the precautionary principle endangered health workers, who made up nearly 20 per cent of Canada’s cases in late July — twice the global average.
Back when little was known about COVID-19, Possamai says we should have been protecting against airborne transmission by mandating health workers wear N95s and ramping up air purification and ventilation systems in facilities like hospitals, schools and long-term-care homes.
