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Lazarus Long Profile picture
@LazarusLong13
Oct 10, 2021 • 23 tweets • 10 min read • Read on X
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@AHS_media
CC: @AntibioticDoc @CMOH_Alberta

Allowing KNOWN CoVid positive people into a maternity Ward is a very bad idea.

You will get sued.

You will lose.
Your opening argument is a horrible one.

'It's been in place for a while, so because we've never been called on it, that makes it ok.'

You need to hire a PR person, because the optics on that alone?

Wow.

Moving on. You care about the pregnant person Image
needing support, because it's just them right?

Let's bring in @CiannaLyon - two weeks from term, and TERRIFIED of your hospital system.

Why?

Her words: Image
"Trust the system"...or your protocols. What are they, again? Image
Blah, blah, masks.

Great, right?

Wrong. Image
The supplied masks are procedure masks.

Oh, and what caught my eye? They might not have to wear a mask?

Exceptions like a rabid antimasking antivaxxer proclaiming they can't breathe in a procedure mask? Image
Like these AHS procedure masks that 150 doctors submitted a petition because they were of such inferior quality?

globalnews.ca/news/6921421/a…

But, surely, that's been resolved, right?

Moving on again. That article had a very interesting tidbit about PriMed, Image
the largest mask supplier in Canada.

What does PriMed say about the masks you want CoVid coughing folks stumbling around in the shared rooms? Shared elevators. Shared bathrooms. Shared cafeteria where the mask comes off to eat.

primed.ca/resources/astm…

Procedure masks are not Image
to be used for airborne contaminants like TB or SARS?

But that's surely not SARS-COV-2, right?

who.int/news-room/q-a-…

Oh. Aerosols.

So, your procedure mask PROVIDER specifically says to NOT use procedure masks to protect against airborne contaminants - aerosols. Image
Is that all?

No.

Pregnant Albertan women - you should file a class action lawsuit.

This thread, no matter how indemnifying, will result in nothing except notifying you of the deliberate exposure to CoVid.

Mom and Dad waiting at home-breakthrough cases happen all the time.
Because, as a pregnant woman you are particularly at risk.

Pregnancy makes you breathless, right?

It's because you are breathing for two, and so you are actually breathing in 30 to 35% more volume of air.

google.com/url?sa=t&sourc…
And when you go into labor?

40 to 60% more on top of that.

When you breathe in more, you have more opportunities to encounter a virusol.

And will you be wearing a mask during labor as you are sucking in huge amounts of air?

clinicalgate.com/respiratory-sy…
With Delta producing 1,260 times more viral load than Alpha?

I'm sorry if you are scared. If I were pregnant, I'd be calling my lawyer & a reporter.

But make sure they talk to an aerosol scientist, because the Alberta Healthcare System does not have your back.
(Speaking of back, @AHS_media, I have backed up all of the sources, so do please delete them to show consciousness of guilt :) ).
A couple of folks have DM'd me about why this thread.

Because of this:


As I watched the ideas roll in, it just struck me as completely insane that this was necessary when AHS has a perfectly capable IPC group.

If they weren't being hamstrung by,
their leadership.

Is it hubris? The cost of real PPE?

Lord knows it's not the evidence.

WHO clearly says it is transmitted via aerosols. Their PPE provider clearly says surgical masks are not to be used for aerosol protection.

They are clearly
allowing CoVid positive people into a maternity ward.

They can wordsmith 'exception' all they want.

They cannot wordsmith away clear legal liability.

It's a shame that it has to be phrased that way.

If they truly cared about people, they'd have everyone in N95's.
Here is the AHS Patient First Proclamation.

albertahealthservices.ca/assets/info/pf…

A proclamation, like a declaration, is simply that - if there is no action behind it.

AHS's patients AND HCW's are yelling for help.

Is anyone listening? Image
Thank you to @CMarieHs for pointing out that Twitter has chomped the Google amp link on the tweet re: 30 to 35% more volume above:


Direct source:

emedicine.medscape.com/article/303852….

Thank you,@CMarieHs !! Image
Backlash continuing for @AHS_media .

@AHS_media @CMOH_Alberta

If I was pregnant and headed into the AHS, I would be sure to get multiple tests before going in.

Because if you test negative, go in, and get CoVid thanks to Surgical Mask Hills - oops, FootHills based policy?

You'll have a darn good lawsuit,
due to leadership holding IPC back from controlling and preventing infections.

Because neonatals have worse outcomes if Mom has CoVid.

tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

And Mom gets symptomatic quickly? Entirely possible with Delta.

Even worse.

Does AHS's lawyers know this Image
game of "hubris chicken" they are playing?

Does their board?

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I am impressed with the marketing team of the USDA. HPAI-infused beef almost sounds good after reading a two page PDF that had 3 buried sentences.

Ready to get fired up?

They have been evaluating the milk on the shelves this entire outbreak.

Which means they knew. They knew
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there were viral fragments in that milk.

Now, that sentence,

"To date, we have seen nothing that would change our assessment that the commercial milk supply is safe. "

Read it again, while realizing that the USDA has been regulatory captured by Big Ag.

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Finally, results will be available in days to weeks? Tomorrow would be too delayed, to be frank.
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In the ER with Mom and Aunt, for my Aunt.

Aunt is in the Flomask. Mom is in the Vflex. I am in the 3M 8511 for comms reasons.

We are sitting right next to the sliding doors for ventilation purposes. To our right are the rest of the people and their puffy clouds.
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Timed it so we would be in before noon - when it starts getting busy.

In triage, they tried taking her temperature via her mouth.

"Oh, she's immunocompromised as I am and live with her. Can you do the forehead or armpit?"

'No problem.'

Notice how I controlled the interaction
but ultimately left it up to them to have the power of deciding between our two preferred choices?

Why am I wearing the N95? So I can clearly communicate and drive to resolution (white male privilege fully acknowledged).

Lesson learned. When with people not used to respirators
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Apr 23
Ready for the ER...

On all of our phones because the hospital staff will be telling us masks are not necessary.

/1

cdc.gov/respiratory-vi…
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Higher risk factors - we are all 3, one of these.

cdc.gov/respiratory-vi…
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For all the risk factors, respirators recommended.
cdc.gov/respiratory-vi…
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But, wait a second...the CDC is JUST looking at ER visits.

@RickABright @michaelmina_lab both expressed concern over that.

And now we have lots of probable cases with workers not wanting to get tested because of low milk prices.

AND we have waste water spiking?
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This is exactly like 2020. Government slow on the draw. Saying it is just older.....cows.

But now we know there are positive asymptomatic cows and younger cows.

And they STILL ARE not testing....

❌ Beef cows.
❌Workers
❌ Pigs.
❌ Asymptomatic (although they just opened that up)
❌ Only reimbursing for TWENTY cows per farm.

You have got to be kidding me.
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Apr 23
People are jerks. Venting a bit.

So, I am headed into the ER tomorrow with my Mom and Aunt, to get my aunt some help with a severe issue. We all r high risk.

I mention this to a friend and the fact that we are all a tad nervous.

(My aunt might have to doff her Flomask to get
testing. I have threaded multiple threads like this one below on how to nip spread in the home after an infection, so no advice needed, thank you though :) ).

No, I am venting because this friend has been infected multiple times with little apparent

damage besides one teeny-tiny thing, albeit a loss of wages for 5-6 weeks.

And she has the cajones to say to me, "Look you need to get over Covid. You are like Trump and the election."

It was all I could do to not just say,
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So, 40% of the cows in the Texas panhandle are infected, but just across the border in the Oklahoma panhandle, there are no cases?

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You see, Rod Hall the Oklahoma state vet is on the case.

"We just don't want to have the public get any idea that there's anything wrong with continuing to do what they've always done with as far as consuming meat and milk," Hall said.

koco.com/article/avian-…
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Nope, nothing to see here folks.
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