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1 Mar, 8 tweets, 2 min read
1/ Today the American Mask Manufacturers Association & INDA both wrote letters to the Biden Administration supporting our scientists' letter, & showing there is sufficient US supply & capacity to provide workers w/ the needed respiratory protection (respirators & ASTM face cov.)
2/ The letter should finally make clear that there is NOT a U.S. supply problem- only the failure to support production & to recommend/require the necessary respiratory protection for workers with higher risk of exposure...
3/ ... and high quality barrier face coverings that comply with the new ASTM standards for other workers and the public.

Today's Letter (and our US scientist and international letters) at:

Bit.ly/Letter_Inhalat…
4/ Some graphics showing the data, courtesy of @INDANonwovens (Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry):
5/ US Capacity of meltblown material
6/ US production vs peak demand for N95 respirators
7/ US production vs peak demand for barrier face coverings for US workers
HT Peg Seminario

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1 Mar
1/ Democratic leaders criticize Biden administration's "outmoded" guidance on aerosol COVID-19 spread

cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-… via @CBSPolitics
2/ "In a 4-page letter addressed to White House COVID response chief, @CDCgov Director @RWalensky & Acting Labor Sec. Al Stewart, 4 House committee chairs say they have "serious questions" about the adequacy of the CDC's guidance on workplace protection from aerosol transmission"
3/ "For the last two weeks, scientists, experts and unions have been prodding the administration to be more specific about guidance on exposure to small aerosol particles that carry COVID-19, which they say the CDC's official guidelines downplay."
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28 Feb
1/ Cada vez esta mas claro que #COVIDEstaEnElAire.

En principio los virus respiratorios se pueden transmitir de 3 maneras: por superficies, por gotas proyectiles, y por el aire (“aerosoles”).

academic.oup.com/jpids/article/…
2/ O como dice el Prof. Yuguo Li (líder mundial en este campo) tenemos que pensar en 3 mecanismos:

- tocar superficies
- spray de gotas (= proyectiles)
- inhalación de aerosoles

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
3/ ¿Por que ha sido tan difícil controlar esta pandemia?

Porque nos han hecho defendernos y gastar muchos recursos en vías de transmisión poco importantes, y han ignorado las medidas de protección que de verdad si funcionan.

(También por no inmunidad, y trans. sin síntomas)
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27 Feb
Informe oficial sobre transmisión del virus en hoteles de cuarentena en Australia: TRANSMISIÓN AÉREA
Contexto:

- OMS @WHO: transmisión por aire es casi imposible
- Es muy difícil de probar, y se sigue resistiendo (e.g. la OMS @WHO)
- Se prueba definitivamente con brotes en sitios donde hay poquísimos casos.

LO MISMO que paso con la viruela:
"Los que no conocen la historia están condenados a repetirla"
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27 Feb
I am one of the scientists that sent the letter to the Biden administration asking them to better protect workers against aerosol transmission.

This employee was fired for correctly asking for those protections.

Shame on Trader Joe's. And on @CDCgov's inaction that allows this.
@TJoesOfficial
@drdavidmichaels is the former longest-serving head of @OSHA_DOL, and a signatory of our letter to the Biden administration.

As he points out, firing someone for raising a safety concern is illegal.

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25 Feb
Por fin @sanidadgob lo esta diciendo claramente:

**Ventilación continua, cruzada y distribuida**

Les falta la M de CCDM, "medida." Como dijo Lord Kelvin, "sólo se puede mejorar lo que se mide"

Hay que medir CO2. Esperemos que no cueste 8 meses, como ha costado esto.

#covidco2
Hay quien dice que no se puede medir CO2 porque los medidores cuestan dinero

2 respuestas:

1) A medio plazo necesitamos un medidor publico en todos los sitios donde compartimos aire. Pero a corto plazo 1 por escuela, empresa etc. ayudaría mucho. ¿100 E por escuela es demasiado?
2) Se desperdicia una gran cantidad de dinero en desinfectar superficies, lo que no sirve para nada.

Y en exceso de gel hidroalcohólico, ver este ejemplo de Andalucía. Con el gel sobrante se podrían comprar 26 medidores de CO2, 11 HEPA, 2200 masc. FFP2

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24 Feb
1/ Aranet4 has created a very simple system to display the CO2 measurement in a large screen (smart TV) in public locations. This type of public display of CO2 should be required by law **in all public locations where we share air**. During the pandemic and later too.

#covidCO2
2/ Because high CO2 and bad ventilation facilitate the transmission of respiratory diseases such as COVID-19, but also flu, colds (other coronaviruses, rhinovirus). And also e.g. measles, which is an issue again due to lower vaccination rates.

So this should be done permanently
3/ And also for reasons of health related to indoor air quality (air toxics, radon etc.).
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