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Sep 6, 2021 5 tweets 2 min read Read on X
Sideview and the Topview of the previous case shown earlier of a person wearing a face shield.

Evident in the top view of the velocity field, vortices and reverse flows, typically present behind the head are now present in the face due to the intervention of face shields.
No face shield scenario:
[Close-up; Top View] With Face Shield Scenario

Due to the negative pressure due to the massive change in momentum caused by the face shield, flow reversal happens where the wind flow (along with the suspended particles) is redirected to the space bet. the face & the face shield.
The differing angles of attacks are also considered. Below is the simulation results of a cough coming from an angle of 45 degrees wrt to the front of the person not wearing a face shield. Evidently, the accumulation and deposition happened in the leeward side.
With Face Shield

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I advise people to subscribe to vital weather information from weather agencies and reputable scientists with their reputations at hand, since accountability forges trust.

I also would want to you to sit through and read through this thread that gives complementary information🧵 Image
It is also important to anticipate and know where the winds will be coming from due to what's called wind exposure affecting the characteristics of typhoon winds, on how strong and/or consistent they will be depending on your location. Image
Winds at sea will experience little to no dissipative effects. Therefore the winds will be consistently strong.

The peak gust (bugso) will not be far on how strong the sustained winds will be. Image
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Our study that developed CO2 monitors that informed occupants of the relative risk that they may be subjected to due to airborne diseases transmitted through shared room air transmission has been published. #CovidIsAirborne

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Using a multivariate method, the ventilation rates of different indoor spaces are determined and used for the subsequent computations using the Wells–Riley model to derive the respective infection risk, particularly of COVID-19. Image
"Infection risks are determined to be higher in indoor spaces with low ventilation rates. However, having high ventilation rates does not mean low infection risks as smaller spaces will also have higher infection risks."
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Part of the PowerPoint presentation to be presented on Thursday:

How aerosols move Image
Conservation of Mass
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Infection risk modeling

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Apr 23, 2023
High humidity also attributes to high infection rates and deaths due to Covid-19.

Shown below are the trends derived from the correlation between Covid-19 deaths and relative humidity. 60% RH is the Goldilocks Zone: lesser or greater than that results in the increase of the risk Image


Why 60%?

It has to do with two things: (1) lessening evaporation rates due to inhomogeneous mixing and (2) rate of condensation which attributes to the increase of pore pressure within the mask.royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…
Countries above the tropics experience case surges during their winter season when relative humidity is low. The hot and humid respiratory emissions will mix with the cold and dry indoor air resulting in higher evaporation rates,
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Feb 5, 2023
When used in physical settings, the Cochrane method and RCTs are mere pretentious eminence-based assertions masquerading as empiricism (A thread).

It is important to note that the interventions mentioned are physical in nature, not clinical and medicinal. (1/n)
We have two studies that use the Cochrane method:

The first one is the study headed by Derek Chu (funded by WHO) in 2020, which has determined, using the Newcastle Ottawa Scale & Cochrane method, the effectiveness of face masks in stopping transmission. (2/n)
The second one, headed by John Conly, uses the Cochrane method whose results are being interpreted as "evidence" against face masks.

In fact, the study pointed out the inadequacy of the study design due to the high risk of bias when dealing with physical interventions. (3/n)
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Testing the filtration efficiency (how much they reduce Covid-19 risk) of mask. #COVIDisAirborne

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Surgical mask (the one bought from any vendor). This assumes observance of fit.
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