Thread by @kprather88

Is "negativity" people begging her to address why she refuses to acknowledge the importance of airborne transmission and implement the precautionary principle (a major lesson from SARS1 in Canada)? People are getting infected unnecessarily. (1/)

https://twitter.com/Larry_Svenson/status/1441094372515221509

As Chair, it is her job to examine the latest evidence. Misinformation? She is stating there is controversy--not true. All evidence to date points at airborne transmission. There is zero controversy by the experts who study transmission pathways and many MDs. (2/)

In terms of "negativity". I have been professional. She on the other hand has called many of us names including conspiracy theorists and accused of being in silos, etc. She is ignoring MANY pubs now showing the virus can be sampled from the air and it is indeed infectious.(3/)

#5 shows more pubs including a comprehensive review on airborne transmission of respiratory viruses in Science. Even measles has never been cultured from air--yet SARS-2 has been 5 times. So for her to say it is controversial implies ALL of these studies are wrong. Misinfo.
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She has offered zero proof to counter any of these studies.

science.org/doi/pdf/10.112… (06/20)

science.org/lookup/doi/10.…

thelancet.com/journals/lance… (03/21)

thelancet.com/article/S0140-… (04/21)

science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… (05/21)

academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar…

nationalacademies.org/event/08-26-20…
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#7 is tweet from the ER doc who exercised the precautionary principle during SARS-1 in Vancouver. As the SARS-1 commission report describes in Tale of Two Cities, in Toronto, they chose droplet PPE. This ER doc in Vancouver halted the spread; the same was not true in Toronto.(6/)

https://twitter.com/DrFiliatrault/status/1440120775160127491?s=20

Why not learn from the past and @DrFiliatrault ? Why would any place that has been using droplet precautions for 1.5 years and failing (based on # of HCWs infected) continue to not implement airborne protection for an airborne virus? (7/)

If you want talk about negativity--think about the real victims in this--the healthcare workers begging for adequate protection and being told "no"....worn out from being on the frontlines for nearly 20 months. This denial of true facts is simply cruel. When will it end? (8/)

Here is a recent story about HCW's getting infected in Canada.

outline.com/udkKJL

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Both @CDCgov and @WHO now acknowledge airborne. Does she really believe Canada somehow has a different mode of transmission? The same laws of physics apply-so no, this is not possible. Here is a story of how airborne finally came to be accepted.

wired.com/story/the-teen…

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Here is a link to a study in the UK showing the eliminated infections in HCW's when they switched to FFP3 respirators.

https://twitter.com/mjb302/status/1409628911307300865?s=20

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Even more info below and there is soooo much more than this but I hope this helps you understand the frustration of a public health official declaring one paper as overturning all of this evidence.

Alberta nurses begging:

https://twitter.com/CPita3/status/1440114770888335364?s=20

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"There is evidence that the aerosol route leads to more severe disease and that the VOCs are becoming more efficient at aerosol transmission." HT @cpita3

https://twitter.com/CPita3/status/1439655076524605444?s=20

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Finally, I have asked @AntibioticDoc directly why she has ignored the lessons from SARS-1. No answer. Here two key snippets. (14/)

The precautionary principle helps protect everyone; I hope you agree and can see why people are upset. (15/)

Once it is acknowledged that the virus is airborne, it becomes a totally fixable problem. There is no reason for it to continue-at least please try the precautionary principle and see what happens. This pandemic has to end. Let me know if you have any further concerns.

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Not sure what happened but this tweet somehow disappeared...

https://twitter.com/Larry_Svenson/status/1441094372515221509?s=20