Someone is posting as me using my picture and my handle with a @kprather88_. They added underscore at the end of the handle. Please report their account. @TwitterSafety
This is the person the handle @kprather88_ now goes to…she has me blocked. Please report this account.
Twitter fixed the one they were using on me--but poor @AlyseKilleen still have multiple accounts impersonating her...they use upper case "i's" in place of the lower case "L's" in various places. @aiysekilleen and @alysekiiieen are two fake ones that still exist. @TwitterSupport
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Wow putting this collage together made me happy. This is what happens when people put their minds into helping protect kids in schools. Yes, anyone can build a Corsi-Rosenthal box -- as @JimRosenthal4 says--if you can tape a package to mail, you can build one of these. (1/7)
I truly believe that adding these filters to classrooms along with mandating indoor masks and increasing ventilation is an absolutely key safety layer to protect kids and teachers against Delta as they return to school. (2/7)
@marwa_zaatari has shown that these inexpensive boxes actually compete with more expensive HEPA filters. (3/7)
I just heard one of our local school districts is buying “cold plasma” systems to clean their indoor air. They chose them over HEPA filters. This is crazy. Check out this description. Can you say snake oil? Read the part about the scalpel. Poor kids.
“By emitting a equal amount negative and positive ions
A Cold Plasma Air Purifier causes an atmospheric disruption in the air that causes the air to be its own filter.” People’s lives are at stake. This is total disinformation to sell snake oil.
@SolanaBeachSD parents speak up. You are receiving horrible advice. These will not make your air safer.
I am sorry I cannot answer all of the individual questions people are asking. I am overwhelmed with questions. It is great others are chiming in-thank you! If you want more information, etc.-please look through my thread and others as well as there is a ton of info out there!
Will give just a partial list of people who OFTEN post helpful resources specifically related to COVID-19 that I trust - sorry, this is not an exhaustive list (I trust others too!)...so if I miss someone (and I will) please add their Twitter handles (and my apologies in advance).
0. Decided to make a thread on what we have done @UCSanDiego to create a safe University environment during COVID-19. I was also involved in opening @sdschools. In both cases, we were able to open and remain open. (1/)
1. Vaccines are required for all (this is key tool for Fall since Delta is here). Having this more transmissible variant sets a higher bar for all other mitigations...i.e. need better/more filtration and ventilation, aerosol masks, etc.) (2/)
2a. Masks indoors at all times. Eat outside, if possible. Note that taking mask off after people leave the room is HIGH RISK--the virus can hang in the air for HOURS. Note that masks are key-they block the virus from getting into the air in the first place. (3/)
We will not be able to vaccinate our way out of this pandemic. We must also clean indoor air and wear masks indoors until it is fully suppressed. Everyone is tired. I am tired. But we can't let this virus beat us. Please mask up and clean indoor air. #COVIDIsAirborne
@EricTopol and others with a large following need to start helping spread the message that vaccines and cleaning indoor air are what will lead us out of this pandemic.
Making a plea to those involved in media interviews to clearly state this virus is being transmitted through the air. In your next interviews, say the words “Covid is airborne”. Schools are still not focused on cleaning indoor air which indicates they don’t understand. (1/2)
It is great people have done so many media interviews. But given the majority of the public still do not understand the key mode of transmission, we have failed in helping them understand how to protect themselves @EricTopol@PeterHotez@DrLaPook@mehdirhasan@j_g_allen
Here is one example. @andersoncooper hadn’t heard the smoke analogy LAST NIGHT (not last year). That says it all. I think “the guy” was @mtosterholm who has been saying airborne for a while…he and I have been pushing behind the scenes where we can.