Thread by @Iamgoingtosleep

@mvankerkhove: you can not ignore this any longer.

Please read and face the replies you have to this post, from HCWs, scientifics, engineers, citizens from all over the world, advocating for preventive measures to mitigate airborne transmission route.

#COVIDisAirborne 🧵

1/25

https://twitter.com/mvankerkhove/status/1346945147834011654

@WHO has a duty to communicate all relevant and available scientific information to the world.

Its influence on public health authorities must be used to shift practical guidance toward educating and mitigating the risk of airborne transmission.

2/25

We urge @WHO to initiate a widespread advertising campaign to prevent airborne transmission of #SARS_CoV_2 informing all people around the world how the virus spreads.

@WHO's ambiguity sows confusion and causes serious harm which means contagion, chronic illness and death.

3/25

Please @mvankerkhove @DrTedros @DrMikeRyan @DrMariaNeira @gabbystern listen to our HCWs

Health care worker @lisa_iannattone

"HCWs don’t get airborne precautions.
We’re losing our soldiers."

4/25

https://twitter.com/lisa_iannattone/status/1346719845665153024?s=20

Health care worker @NjbBari3

"We still haven’t sorted out PPE and engineering controls for an airborne disease"

5/25

https://twitter.com/NjbBari3/status/1347069479172202500?s=20

Health care worker @YouAreLobbyLud @CO2Guerrillas

"HCWs need the right NPI’s. This incompetence will kill us before long."

6/25

https://twitter.com/YouAreLobbyLud/status/1346949135950172160?s=20

Health care worker @rajah_mich

"No, there’s never been data presented to prove fomite and droplet only. It was stated by @WHO & accepted as fact. Airborne has been subjected to a much higher burden of proof to defend an outdated ideology."

7/25

https://twitter.com/rajah_mich/status/1346201628282474496?s=20

HCW @JOHNJOHNSTONED

"Guidance on transmission not updated from 9th July"

#COVIDisAirborne needs to be in your guidance to empower and persuade those in positions of influence and power to use this science to protect their HCWs+ citizens"

8/25

https://twitter.com/JOHNJOHNSTONED/status/1344266442246537216?s=20

HCW @cohnkaren: "Let the public know"

She also made a slideshow to explain airborne COVID transmission and control to lay people.

Why don't we see messages like this @cohnkaren's slides from @WHO?

drive.google.com/file/d/1sao_SO…

9/25

https://twitter.com/cohnkaren/status/1339274565105553409?s=20

We do need a multidisciplinary team

@Orla_Hegarty

"The virus spread will not be stopped until public health authorities tell people HOW #Covid19 is caught
...& engage with the environmental science community who now KNOW how to stop it"

10/25

https://twitter.com/Orla_Hegarty/status/1346958297748938757?s=20

@DavidElfstrom

"Public health issues unclear and inconsistent guidance, as they don't have the engineering side."

Here his threat about improving ventilation in schools

11/25

https://twitter.com/DavidElfstrom/status/1298001341747548160

@healthyheating

"When the health sciences and building sciences get together, great stuff can happen"

12/25

https://twitter.com/healthyheating/status/1337830191641501696?s=20

@akm5376

"If we have a foodborne disease spreading in the community, we look at ensuring food hygiene, we do not stop eating. Similarly, for an airborne disease, we need to focus on #AirHygiene"

13/25

https://twitter.com/akm5376/status/1339167768633954304?s=20

The only way for protection measures can reach the entire population equally is through local authorities, most of which follow @WHO recommendations.

Listen to our teachers.

HT @SprkJoy4BtrDays
"Droplets don't create tsunamis of patients"

14/25

https://twitter.com/SprkJoy4BtrDays/status/1346974215153479683?s=20

...and more

@mdc_martinus
"Why did @WHO declare on 28/03 “Fact: COVID-19 is NOT airborne”?. Why not publicly renounced the disinformation in that tweet?"

15/25

https://twitter.com/mdc_martinus/status/1330570591968124929?s=20

@inquisitiveGyn
"For every day you delay is another week at the other end. The most important thing is let’s be clear on the WHY for almost every #publichealth prevention measure #COVID19 🦠is #airborne"

16/25

https://twitter.com/inquisitiveGyn/status/1344008789930872833?s=20

@mariagallegobl
"Dr. Fauci spoke out loud and clear, and who recognized a mistake that had led to mistakes throughout history. With humility.
Now missing @WHO
Don't ignore science, please
They are a reference for the World
Many people are dying"

17/25

https://twitter.com/mariagallegobl/status/1338963934318112772?s=20

@AndrewHewat
"Why is acceptance of airborne spread still resisted?
What is the worst that happens if it is accepted? More N95 respirators get used? So is this really just about saving money at the expense of HCW lives? How else can it be explained?"

18/25

https://twitter.com/AndrewHewat/status/1346243659524542464?s=20

@BarryHunt008
"Protection against airborne disease isn’t rocket science. It’s aerosol science. And it’s easy. And cheap.
Save people, save the economy."

19/25

https://twitter.com/BarryHunt008/status/1346960439574368260?s=20

@jmcrookston
Several *Falsifications* here of droplet/contact paradigm to which @WHO weirdly adheres.

20/25

https://twitter.com/jmcrookston/status/1345508099633909762?s=20

@jessica_bassett
"We have enough evidence to know airborne transmission of COVID19 is happening. It’s time for @WHO to launch an aggressive communications effort to clarify that masks are necessary in shared indoor spaces even with distancing"

21/25

https://twitter.com/jessica_bassett/status/1338916239679385602?s=20

@danaparish
"Ppl just need clear, honest education in order to protect themselves. The public messaging’s been confusing, conflicting, & politically-motivated. The smoke analogy has saved ppl while denying scope of airborne spread has been deadly."

22/25

https://twitter.com/danaparish/status/1320827067617865728?s=20

We have a highly transmissible variant and STILL NO aerosol experts at the IPC committee!
They have been offering them collaboration and support since long.
This will be reflected in the history books. Shame on you @WHO
HT @kprather88 @jljcolorado

23/25

https://twitter.com/kprather88/status/1337842302765559810?s=20

Goddamn @WHO, amend science!

Lidia Morawska:
"For scientist writing an open letter is an act of desperation"

That open letter was not the first one. As also a lot of petitions from citizens, HCWs, engineers, etc.

Full video here:

HT @Don_Milton

24/25

@WHO needs to swallow their pride.

Airborne disease requires airborne solution.

25/25