Thread by @LazarusLong13

This is now the 4th study to culture virus from air samples, which is what the IPC and ID community wanted.

There have been ZERO for measles.



Yet, measles is airborne based on 2 epi studies.

Let's review why CoVid is airborne.

Milton et al (preprint - will be 2021)

medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Lednicky et al (2021) from a car.

ijidonline.com/article/S1201-…

Lednicky et al (2021) from a hospital room.
ijidonline.com/article/S1201-…

Measles was declared airborne based on 2 epi studies. TWO.

CoVid has so many rock solid epi studies.

Here are just a few.

Australian church...video proof, 45 feet awy, FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION


Quarantine hotel...video proof

Bus transmission study.


Restaurant:


The meeting:


One of the most compelling was an outbreak in apartment complex in South Korea, in which only residents living in apartments connected by a common

ventilation shaft were infected. All 7 affected apartments (out of a total of 200) were located along the vertical line of the shaft, suggesting a stack effect carried virus-laden aerosols into residents’ bathrooms.10

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33346125/

South Korean Call Center

wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26…

And just so many, many more.

Namely, CoVid is airborne.

But phrased in an appropriately subtle way for, I believe, the very first time in a study.

From the intro:
"SARS-CoV-2 was originally considered to spread primarily by droplet and direct contact [1,2,3]. "

Was.

A massive shot across the bow.

Then what does Santarpia do?

Goes straight for the airborne jugular.

"In order to classify an infectious disease as airborne, studies must show transmission via aerosol particles. "

And quite cleverly, lays out the particle size argument....and appropriately dismisses it.

And furthermore, lays out what DOES need to be found:

❓1- "Infectious aerosol that is small enough to be transported to and inhaled by another person must be produced by ill individuals"

❓2 -"The infectious aerosol must be stable long enough to expose another person;"

❓ 3- "If inhaled, the viral aerosol must be capable of causing infection"

And points outs that
✅ 1 - Small enough - done twice:
scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup…

And

scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup…

✅ 2 - Infectious, viable SARS-COV-2 has been shown to last several hours in the air. Twice.
scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup…

And
nature.com/articles/s4137…

And epi studies:

✅-3 - Would those aerosols be capable of infection? Yes -

"the primary receptor of SARS-CoV-2 for infection is understood to be ACE2 [23], which is expressed throughout the human respiratory tract, indicating that inhalation would be a compatible route of infection."

So, #CoVidIsAirborne.

But is that all? No.

A direct call to IPC/IPAC organizations and @OSHA_DOL to protect all workers with appropriate airborne PPE.

Period.

AIRBORNE PPE is NOT cloth masks. It is NOT surgical masks.

N95 or better.