Dekalb County in Georgia- dozens of school bus drivers on strike to get more enforcement of kids wearing masks, notice of a CoVid+ kid (!?), And plexiglass.

wsbtv.com/news/local/dek…
@TyishaWSB - can you get word to the bus drivers that plexiglass is not the solution, since CoVid is airborne? (Like smoke).

This is Dr. Linsey Marr, respiratory virus transmission specialist and aerosol scientist.



But what will work?

I've gathered
some ventilation solutions:


But they also need to protect from near-field aerosols because kids are right by their faces.

N100 elastomeric respirators. More protective than N95s, and the filters can last a year or more (and then you just replace them).
So, they are cheaper AND much more comfortable.

Here's a thread where I verified where each one can be purchased.



Another great thread....some of which I used in mine. Just doesn't have where to buy them.

I have many more citations for everything I've shared here.

My DM's are open.

Thank you very much either way!
One other thing...these N100's are recommended:

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20 Sep
Doctors and nurses get infected in their own hospitals unfortunately.

But there is one hospital in America that has had zero of these infections in over 25 years.

Not one single doctor or nurse in that hospital has been infected.

Not one.
Would you believe that it's a hospital dedicated to an airborne disease, tuberculosis?

The Texas Center for Infectious Diseases, while not a large hospital, does have 170 employees.

In 1996, they gave everyone reusable N100 elastomeric respirators.

elemental.medium.com/a-tiny-hospita…
Since then, no Hospital Acquired Infections. And - they saved a ton of money by using them instead of N95's.
Read 9 tweets
20 Sep
Here's a true CoVid story from the Chicoutimi Hospital in Quebec, Canada. From catastrophe to redemption.

Huge outbreak of 400 employees over 2.5 months, directly linked to nosocomial infections. 70 HAI patients.
To be frank, at first the employees were blamed.

Because of overtime due to CoVid - but the employees were blamed.

lequotidien.com/actualites/dur…

Was that the end of the story?
No. The workers did not want to catch CoVid. They were careful.

See the quote below from Anne who caught CoVid below.

And the outbreak continued, until someone decided to test the ventilation.
Read 12 tweets
19 Sep
Had the idea of fixing the contact tracing form.


But CDC isn't doing contact tracing - (thank you Ian!),


but their training feeds into the states, which feed the counties, etc))
Tried acccessing the website that all of the states/ local authorities use to develop their contact tracing forms:
cdcpartners.sharepoint.com/Sites/CSTLTS/C…

But it's locked down.

Poked around Washington State's website, and couldn't find any actual forms.
All good.

Let's a look at the CDC's contact tracing information (that feeds the states, etc), and see how it's letting us down.

cdc.gov/coronavirus/20… - literally says, "Contact Tracing slows the spread of CoVid-19"

Maybe. But since we are
Read 11 tweets
17 Sep
Work in IPC?

Here's a true CoVid story from old Victoria. From catastrophe to redemption.

Victoria, Australia, that is.

"In the second wave, Victoria was by far the hardest-hit state. Its case numbers were dwarfing those in every other state..."

vox.com/2020/12/4/2215… Image
On August 11, 2020, the government said that max 15% of HCW infections were acquired at work.

Then, on August 25, 2020, the government reported that figure was actually 69%.

Source:
parliament.vic.gov.au/file_uploads/P…

(Backup Found On Web Archive = BFOWA) Image
By September 2020, it was over 3,000 cases.

Source:
wsws.org/en/articles/20…
(BFOWA)

And man, the government had a brutal message: Image
Read 14 tweets
30 Aug
@Tim_Heffernan @wirecutter

Hi Tim,

Your information on OPE, or source control, below is incorrect

NIOSH has found that respirators with exhalation valves do provide surgical mask level control.

Article:
healthleadersmedia.com/covid-19/niosh…
Study that the article is based on.

cdc.gov/niosh/docs/202…

Regarding IPE, inward protection, NIOSH has already found that is not a concern.

osha.gov/laws-regs/stan…

Here is a Webinar where they cover these subjects.

tsi.com/discover-tsi/e…
You should be urging everyone to be in an N95 or better.

In fact, I'd like to invite you to join our campaign, #BetterMasks4All, or:

"N100 to STOP COVID in 100*!"

*100 days.

I have more information on that if interested.

In the meantime, I beg of you to change that story.
Read 4 tweets
29 Aug
You are correct!

Man - this virus is really taking down some high-level antivaxxers and antimaskers.

Can we call those who oppose both, antimaxxers?
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