@AHS_media
CC: @AntibioticDoc @CMOH_Alberta
Allowing KNOWN CoVid positive people into a maternity Ward is a very bad idea.
You will get sued.
You will lose.
Your opening argument is a horrible one.
'It's been in place for a while, so because we've never been called on it, that makes it ok.'
You need to hire a PR person, because the optics on that alone?
Wow.
Moving on. You care about the pregnant person
needing support, because it's just them right?
Let's bring in @CiannaLyon - two weeks from term, and TERRIFIED of your hospital system.
Why?
Her words:
"Trust the system"...or your protocols. What are they, again?
Blah, blah, masks.
Great, right?
Wrong.
The supplied masks are procedure masks.
Oh, and what caught my eye? They might not have to wear a mask?
Exceptions like a rabid antimasking antivaxxer proclaiming they can't breathe in a procedure mask?
Like these AHS procedure masks that 150 doctors submitted a petition because they were of such inferior quality?
globalnews.ca/news/6921421/a…
But, surely, that's been resolved, right?
Moving on again. That article had a very interesting tidbit about PriMed,
the largest mask supplier in Canada.
What does PriMed say about the masks you want CoVid coughing folks stumbling around in the shared rooms? Shared elevators. Shared bathrooms. Shared cafeteria where the mask comes off to eat.
primed.ca/resources/astm…
Procedure masks are not
to be used for airborne contaminants like TB or SARS?
But that's surely not SARS-COV-2, right?
who.int/news-room/q-a-…
Oh. Aerosols.
So, your procedure mask PROVIDER specifically says to NOT use procedure masks to protect against airborne contaminants - aerosols.
Is that all?
No.
Pregnant Albertan women - you should file a class action lawsuit.
This thread, no matter how indemnifying, will result in nothing except notifying you of the deliberate exposure to CoVid.
Mom and Dad waiting at home-breakthrough cases happen all the time.
Because, as a pregnant woman you are particularly at risk.
Pregnancy makes you breathless, right?
It's because you are breathing for two, and so you are actually breathing in 30 to 35% more volume of air.
google.com/url?sa=t&sourc…
And when you go into labor?
40 to 60% more on top of that.
When you breathe in more, you have more opportunities to encounter a virusol.
And will you be wearing a mask during labor as you are sucking in huge amounts of air?
clinicalgate.com/respiratory-sy…
With Delta producing 1,260 times more viral load than Alpha?
I'm sorry if you are scared. If I were pregnant, I'd be calling my lawyer & a reporter.
But make sure they talk to an aerosol scientist, because the Alberta Healthcare System does not have your back.
(Speaking of back, @AHS_media, I have backed up all of the sources, so do please delete them to show consciousness of guilt :) ).
A couple of folks have DM'd me about why this thread.
Because of this:
As I watched the ideas roll in, it just struck me as completely insane that this was necessary when AHS has a perfectly capable IPC group.
If they weren't being hamstrung by,
their leadership.
Is it hubris? The cost of real PPE?
Lord knows it's not the evidence.
WHO clearly says it is transmitted via aerosols. Their PPE provider clearly says surgical masks are not to be used for aerosol protection.
They are clearly
allowing CoVid positive people into a maternity ward.
They can wordsmith 'exception' all they want.
They cannot wordsmith away clear legal liability.
It's a shame that it has to be phrased that way.
If they truly cared about people, they'd have everyone in N95's.
Here is the AHS Patient First Proclamation.
albertahealthservices.ca/assets/info/pf…
A proclamation, like a declaration, is simply that - if there is no action behind it.
AHS's patients AND HCW's are yelling for help.
Is anyone listening?
Thank you to @CMarieHs for pointing out that Twitter has chomped the Google amp link on the tweet re: 30 to 35% more volume above:
Direct source:
emedicine.medscape.com/article/303852….
Thank you,@CMarieHs !!
Backlash continuing for @AHS_media .
@AHS_media @CMOH_Alberta
If I was pregnant and headed into the AHS, I would be sure to get multiple tests before going in.
Because if you test negative, go in, and get CoVid thanks to Surgical Mask Hills - oops, FootHills based policy?
You'll have a darn good lawsuit,
due to leadership holding IPC back from controlling and preventing infections.
Because neonatals have worse outcomes if Mom has CoVid.
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
And Mom gets symptomatic quickly? Entirely possible with Delta.
Even worse.
Does AHS's lawyers know this
game of "hubris chicken" they are playing?
Does their board?
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