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25 Sep, 4 tweets, 1 min read
The reason you think having a target of zero COVID-19 is crazy… is because they told you so.

It’s actually normal to try to keep serious diseases under control, and we have never felt threatened by local elimination plans before.
Lockdowns are the thing people really suffer in. There are other ways to control disease transmission though, but even those are being demonised… and I have no idea why.
Getting fresh air, cleaning the air with HEPA, wearing a better mask, getting vaccinated… all great ways to live with a lower risk of getting an illness which can be very nasty.
Will it always be zero? Unlikely. Does that mean we should give up and let everyone get infected..? I hope not.

We should do what we can to get better outcomes. Lower the exposure of individuals and population. Better vaccines and therapeutics will probably come.

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26 Sep
I have over a hundred articles in my bookmarks of all of the different types of organ damage COVID-19 can do. Most of them are evidence of what happens after either mild or moderate disease.

I think we have gone past the precautionary principle now. Avoid COVID if you can.
Even if you have had COVID-19 already, I would advise trying to avoid Re-infections.

It’s quite simply not good for you.
For everyone asking for me to share the articles… I will organise them better in near future and share a link. Also I tend to RT them from time to time… so keep an eye out.

Next few weeks are going to be a bit crazy busy…
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22 Sep
Published on 28th March 2021.

Recognition that ventilation is important for disease control because #COVIDisAirborne.

nsw.gov.au/covid-19/getti…
How many essential workplaces have been audited for compliance for adequate ventilation?

How many essential workers know they should be wearing a respirator?

#COVIDisAirborne
Why was the NSW lockdown allowed to fail in this way if airborne disease transmission has been acknowledged for to long?
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21 Sep
If you are feeling sad/angry about NSW abandoning disease control… you are not alone. We will get back to disease control one day, meanwhile there are things you can do to keep yourself and your loved ones safer.

Follow @RealOzSAGE for advice.
Wear the best mask/respirator you can, and have no stubble/beard where the mask seals against the face.

Use double masking, mask fit devices, or knot and tuck to close any gaps around the edge.
Wear warm/cool clothing as appropriate and ventilate your workspaces as much as possible.
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11 Sep
@shaz_harro There is going to be a honeymoon period as the high vaccination rate, together with ongoing mask use and school closures take effect.

A sense of confidence will return and further opening up. Preparations for Christmas will begin.
@shaz_harro Case numbers will increase slowly until the opening up occurs. For a short while even after restrictions are loosened all will seem well… and then the slow ramp of cases will begin again.
@shaz_harro If schools go back without adequate multi-layered mitigations, and it seems likely an attempt will be made to do this, children’s cases will skyrocket.

The pressure will fall on children’s hospitals.
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10 Sep
The size and length of the outbreak is irrelevant.

Educate people and give them the resources and infrastructure to empower them to avoid disease.

All you need is R<1.

#TargetingZero🦠
There are diseases that have stalked humanity for as long as humans have recorded history that we no longer suffer from in many parts of the world.

Never give up.

#TargetingZero🦠
If you can’t save yourself from the first infection, you may avoid a second or third. If you can’t save this generation, you may save future ones from this scourge.
#TargetingZero🦠mississippifreepress.org/15715/in-missi…
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9 Sep
Small study, and half the patients in the COVID-19 arm also had antibiotics, but apparently even after you control for this…

COVID-19 moves in to the gut like a squatter, chucks out your friendly gut bacteria and hangs out with the bad bugs!
H/T @jmcrookston ->
No GI symptoms persisting to indicate the gut carriage of COVID-19 either.

Sneaky.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32442562/
Live virus is shed in stools by COVID-19 patients for many weeks, if it becomes a part of the gut biome, this could be an extraordinarily long time.

We will need to think about how sewage is treated and discharged into the environment, and safety of shared toilets.
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