19 person outbreak at the Public Health Ontario labs.

Same PHO that says surgical masks just fine.

Same PHO that wrote that biased snobby and insulting summary of the aerosol conference in November.

Can't even make this stuff up.

toronto.ctvnews.ca/19-employees-c…
"Wondered"?

Whether "community spread" or whether "somehow acquired through an infection from laboratory tests itself"

I'll tell you where from ...

"I think this is an airborne virus and it's more infectious than we give it credit for"

My God, it's full of stars.
Wrong
No it isn't.
Then what's the point of these guidances?

Sounds like WHO. Here, do this. But if you do and you die, that's on you.
Another
How's that working out?
You aren't helping.
Fundamentally different modes? It's more infectious. You'll see more through the air. It doesn't grow wings. Delete this PDF.
Then goes on to pull from WHO (NOTE: of course people pull WHO guidance, hence it is important to change that) and Scotland, for some reason, to set PPE for health care, which we know is all wrong.

Delete this PDF.
Side note, they point to the hierarchy of controls, which would say to PHO that you ought to use airborne isolation rooms before masks.
But here's the kicker you came for, HCW in a patient room just need surgical masks.

So, outbreak in your lab really?

I am not surprised.

Delete this PDF you dinosaurs. Rawr.

#COVIDisAirborne
Meanwhile site is full of "how to put on your PPE" which is fine generally, but ludicrous in the context of not wearing an N95 for airborne infectious disease.

And when studies show even when ppl study it, they cannot cough/force virus off a mask.
And here is their garbage summary of the aerosol conference. Garbage b/c they do not believe in airborne spread

publichealthontario.ca/-/media/docume…
Of course, now that their employees are sick (I'm sorry), perhaps they will "suddenly" see the light.

Err, small particles floating indefinitely in the light

My God it's full of aerosols!

#COVIDisAirborne
Don't drag me into your tar pit, dinosaurs.

I know it's in the air.

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26 Apr
A quick thread.

Literally, because I opened this PDF.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23771256/ Image
Viruses able to be spread by airborne can also spread over short. Image
1966, adenovirus isolated from aerosol samples Image
Read 37 tweets
26 Apr
Bookmarking section 217.1 of the Criminal Code (in force via the Westray Law) that creates legal duty on people overseeing work of others to take all reasonable steps to prevent bodily harm to those others

Perhaps there IS crim liability in this mess ...

justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/othe… Image
Crim Code and direct link to section here, for reference.

canlii.org/en/ca/laws/sta…
While I am here perhaps it is time to start a discussion around criminal negligence causing homicide for bad medical advice/studies provided to the public.

? Image
Read 12 tweets
26 Apr
Asking again why we have 34 indep medical officers of health handling pandemic response (or supposed to), with CMOH on top, then provincial political layer, then federal PHAC, and fed political layer ...?

VS

one central command like Taiwan (1100 cases, 12 deaths) Image
Taiwan: Image
Or Vietnam, one command Image
Read 7 tweets
23 Apr
Math modelling suggests may take as few as ten virions for someone to become infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Order of magnitude more infective than SARS.

Also blows up the 6 foot rule. Those babies from that stupid 1981 study gonna be upset.

pnas.org/content/118/17…
That would be BANG on this dose response for SARS-CoV-1

pic here
Read 15 tweets
23 Apr
Magic measles spreads just like COVID-19.

Imagine that.

Childcare, home, etc major settings.

Of course contact, because you need to at some point be near a sick person, but 40% unidentified locations.

nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
Not all that useful, but this is the data we get in Toronto:

Ppl can do their own research since it ain't me saying droplet for one BREATHOUTABLE virus and airborne for magic measles.
And this is how stupid this debate is.

Lancet in 2017 says measles "predominantly" droplets.

thelancet.com/journals/lance…

#COVIDisAirborne
#MeaslesisAlreadyAdmittedToBeAirborneButSeemsToBeMostlyDropletHuh
Read 6 tweets
22 Apr
On the airborne argument, fundamentally the reason they won't agree to ever change.
From UK IPS
Note the concern with breaking ranks from national guidance, which of course would apply similarly at national up to international level.
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