Humans are creatures of habit. About the 1918 flu.

Leaders knew lockdowns were good but kept economies running. At that time, for the war. Image
A President covered up his sickness ... Image
And the 2d wave of the flu was most deadly because everybody was, on a global level, mixing ... Image
Speaking of repeating the past:

This describes perfectly certain peoples' responses to airborne spread. (Quote talking about smoking.)

From 1957.

cc/ @jljcolorado @kprather88 Image
By the way that might also be a myth. Here's someone from the time arguing the pump handle made no difference as the outbreak had run its course.

academic.oup.com/ije/article/43…

But remember, we don't question myths.

And droplets.
From a different article.

Snow made his map (which supposedly confirmed the pump handle was the culprit) AFTER he had hypothesized the pump handle was the culprit.

Result-oriented reasoning. Image
To catch the paragraph just before: Image

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11 Oct
Guess I'll just do a quick post about this.

Remember back in early 2020 when everybody was saying maybe masks would work to stop the spread?

But certain people said nah, masks don't work.
Well back in 2015 a hospital wanted HCW to vaccinate.

To encourage vaccination, they implemented a policy that if the HCW did not vaccinate, they had to wear a mask for their entire shift.
Unfortunately when it went to arbitration the hospital had then to justify its argument that masks stopped outbound transmission (source control).

Case is here. Appendices are full of references about masks, including working for source control.

canlii.org/en/on/onla/doc…
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11 Oct
Hey, I'm just waving hello from April 16th!

How's it going in October, guys?
Uhh, never mind. Listen, I'll close this door behind me ...
By the way, Wired from mid-March:

wired.com/story/they-say…

Wired is under-rated.
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9 Oct
Diseases listed as "airborne" in the Control of Communicable Diseases Manual.

Aspergillosis ImageImage
Brucellosis ImageImage
Chickenpox ImageImage
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9 Oct
That is the oldest public health excuse in the book.

For $420,000 per year plus pension, do better.

No acknowledgment that this transmits via aerosol so indoor spaces dangerous, means people distancing 2m are still at risk.

We are well into negligence territory.
Just a reminder that the government was not liable during SARS because it argued that it was making policy decisions, not operational ones. So nurses sued their employer.

Getting the science wrong is not a policy decision.

Enjoy.
You can see the Crown liability laid out here, in s. 95 of the Health Protection and Promotion Act. (Also under the CPLA as well if you click through to that Act.)

canlii.org/en/on/laws/sta…
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3 Oct
Immediately hire people who have difficulty working or who are out of work to help.
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2 Oct
Well here it is.

R0 for SARS-CoV-2 estimated at between 4.7 and 11, taking into consideration superspreading.

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…
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Sanche way back said 2.5 to 3.5 but probably double when considering asymptomatics.
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