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Lazarus Long Profile picture
@LazarusLong13
Nov 14, 2021 • 10 tweets • 7 min read • Read on X
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Every nation in the world is waiting for America.

@CDCDirector - the @CPHO_Canada has had the bravery to say the words "aerosol" as applied to #COVIDisAirborne.

You have not. The last time you said that word was October 24, 2019.

When will you say that it as clearly as her?
To both of you, @CDCDirector and @CPHO_Canada - when will either of you have the courage to simply say #CoVidIsAirborne?

IPC departments across both of our countries are still predominantly using droplet protocols.

And we....
the proud Canadian and American people, are paying the price.

10,000 dead in America from CoVid caught in the hospital, @CDCDirector.
cnn.com/2021/11/07/hea…

More than 2900 doctors and nurses dead.

khn.org/news/article/m…
@CPHO_Canada - thank you very much for clearly saying that CoVid is spread via aerosols. Thank you very, very much.

But, to be fair and clear - an equivalent amount of patients and health care workers have died in Canada.
Until you, @CDCDirector and @CPHO_Canada say, "CoVid is Airborne," airborne IPC protocols will not be implemented..

@WHO is not going to say it. @DrTedros is not going to say it.

The last time either of you said "airborne" ?
It was in regards to SARS and MERS.

We all know that SARS-COV-2 is the far more transmissible cousin of both of them.

And....
There is a mountain of evidence that #CoVidIsAirborne. It is as high as all of those bodies stacked up.

I am not saying that you killed of those people.

But droplet protocols in an airborne pandemic? Those are literally killing us.
A mountain of evidence?

Far more than influenza, chicken pox, SARS, MERS, tuberculosis - or even measles.

A mountain as high as 25,800 bodies.

So, I respectfully ask that you declare, "CoVid is Airborne."

We are all tired - but there are no shortcuts. No off-ramps.

Let's just say it out loud, and get to work.
@POTUS's and @JustinTrudeau's FDR moments are here.

But only you can make it happen.

We are ready.

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May 23
The WHO forbids contact tracers from masking or gloving up.

"Do not conduct home visits wearing personal protective equipment like masks, gloves, or
gowns."

It gets worse. Do not conduct home visits wearing personal protective equipment like masks, gloves, or gowns.
They have a handy how to reduce risk of catching ebola at home.

It even has 5 masks listed on it.

But not for the other family members.

"7. If the patient has vomit, diarrhoea or bleeding, a mask or a dry towel wrapped around the face can be used to protect the nose and mouth Image
7. If the patient has vomit, diarrhoea or bleeding, a mask or a dry towel wrapped around the face can be used to protect the nose and mouth when touching the patient or items soiled with blood or body fluids. A waterproof gown, eye protection, gloves and rubber boots should also be worn in these circumstances.
Here are the 5 face masks. Image
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May 22
The "epidemiology" of Ebola tells us that it's not airborne. You've heard this over and over.

What drives it? The questions on the contact tracing form.

Quick 🧵. Image
COVID - the WHO and CDC said it wasn't airborne via aerosols, right?

The CDC said it was spread person to person via close contact - within about 6 feet.



And you remember it took FOREVER to get changed.

The contact tracing form was web.archive.org/web/2020032817…Image
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arranged around close contact. These are the questions driving the stats of how many and how are infected.



So, the CDC will only hear back what it's asking. This was the epidemiology of COVID - until it wasn't. web.archive.org/web/2020052514…Image
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May 20
Speaking of silly, can we agree that the WHO has Ebola experts?

Let's talk about PPE, and a bias towards "less PPE is better." Image
The WHO EBOLA IPC guidance:


Foreshadow on PPE

"...due to the desirability of an off-
the-face design, and not for protection from aerosols, respirators may be used instead of medical masks"who.int/publications/i…
If you can stay 3 feet away while screening? No medical mask needed. Image
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May 10
Great article by @EmilyJoshu here.

Emily, there's another article in this that's even more shocking.

The aerosols from milking have long been discussed by many of us on X.

People like myself, @sri_srikrishna, @AbraarKaran have long advocated for comfortable aerosol
protective gear like PAPRs. But, have been ignored by the USDA who, of course, thought it was only contaminated milking gear like the claw.

But there is one more source of aerosols besides cow breath.

The wastewater. When you spray anything you generate huge amounts of Image
aerosols. And that farm wastewater, filled with milk dumped from being full of H5N1, gets reclaimed and reused.

Those milk and wastewater lagoons are on most dairy farms (my grandfather owned a dairy farm).

And there's something you should know.

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May 7
Humanity's hubris vs the precautionary principle.

The virus, ANDV, will do what it will do. Pandemic? History tells us "NO." But history is in the past.

Let me show you what the studies tell us - and why I am livid that the WHO is insisting that surgical masks are ok.

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Incubation time, or how long until symptoms show up?

The high risk time frame is 14–32 days. Not to put too fine a point on that, but that can mean a full month later

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC32…

There have been some out to 8 weeks, but let's ignore those

gov.uk/guidance/andes… Image
Clinical features The most important complication of ANDV infection is HCPS, which is associated with a high mortality rate. Milder illness without significant cardio-respiratory compromise may also be seen. Illness usually develops 2 to 4 weeks following exposure, but incubation periods as early as 4 days and up to 8 weeks have been described.
But, what receptor does the ANDV attach to?

PCDH1 (protocadherin-1) is primarily expressed in the airway epithelium of the respiratory system, especially in the bronchial and nasal epithelial cells, and in pulmonary endothelial cells.

So, that means in the URT and the LRT.
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May 6
@mvankerkhove - a follow-up question on today's press conference.

In this bit, you were thanked for being very clear.

But, you said that the medical personnel taking care of those sick would be wearing PPE.

N95s are not PPE. They are Respiratory Protective Equipment. /1
Surgical masks are PPE.

So, is the WHO advising them to wear surgical masks or N95s/FFP2/KF94/KN95 (respirators)?

Second followup, @mvankerkhove, you referred to "really close contacts"

Close contacts are defined by the WHO as within 3 feet.
Cases 1 & 2 were close contacts.

How did the other cases get it? I realize you cannot possibly have an answer...but you are labeling this as "really close contact" for those cases - as well.

Staterooms are typical 2 person rooms.

It doesn't add up. Image
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