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@LazarusLong13
Nov 19, 2021 • 17 tweets • 7 min read • Read on X
I never want to hear about valveless respirators again.

H/T @PPEtoheros.



Delta said they weren't accepting them.

And THEN the CDC came out against them.

Despite having 624 valved respirators recommended for HCW's on their website. salon.com/2020/08/22/cdc…

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@Delta @AssistDelta - please get your lobbyists to get the @CDCgov @CDCDirector to undo their RIDICULOUS valved respirator stance.

You broke this. You fix it.
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3M says, "Nope, valved respirators are not a problem." Image
NIOSH says, "Nope, valved respirators are not a problem." Image
OSHA says, "Nope, valved respirators are not a problem." Image
CDC says "Nope, not a problem," indirectly, by recommending 624 valved respirators in their database for AIRBORNE disease protection. Image
A wet mask is actually a more permeable mask, and less comfortable. Image
Thank you @FredClarkson and Jonathan Hutson for writing this story!
Someone will reply with this study:


@NIST - NIOSH does not use schlieren imaging as part of its testing for a reason.

Please have Staymates stop with this misinformation - and you stop as well.



pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33244212/
nist.gov/people/matthew…
nist.gov/news-events/ne…
Source control for valved respirators is equivalent to surgical masks.

Per the NIOSH.

healthleadersmedia.com/covid-19/niosh…
Boarding planes with elastomeric respirators is intertwined with this valved thread.

Here is the policy, 1st pic👇


The key sentence:
"Masks containing slits, exhalation valves, or punctures"

The order itself, 2nd pic👇
cdc.gov/quarantine/mas…
cdc.gov/quarantine/pdf…

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People have been stopped with the elastomeric

EnvoMask.com
A GVS - the valveless GVS and valved look identical.

Which did not sound fun....
What to do to fly safe?

You are not going to get a chance to argue. Grumpy TSA & gate agents? Not worth the no-fly list.

Some strategies.

1️⃣ A valveless elastomeric respirator w/excellent protection that looks like a mask.

I just bought 4, including 1 for Mom - haven't
got it yet, but have done my usual ridiculous amount of research.

- these last for months, so I'd get black.

2️⃣ Already have an elasto? Wear a surgical mask over it.

📌Always bring a fold flat respirator with no valve tucked into your carry-on,prescientx.com/nano-mask
whether you do 1 or 2.

I like these:



Tested very well with masknerd.

And @projectn95 is guaranteed authentic.

Another winner:
@armbrust_usa's


✅ Great breathability.
✅ Individually wrapped - great for traveling.shop.projectn95.org/demetech-dtn95…
armbrustusa.com/products/usa-m…

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Sep 19
"Brain on Fire" " starring Chloë Grace Moretz is on Netflix now.

It's the story of the @nypost journalist who got autoimmune encephalitis - specifically, anti-NMDAR encephalitis.

Guess what COVID can give you?

/1

netflix.com/us/title/80128…
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It is the most common kind of autoimmune encephalitis, hitting women at a 4 to 1 ratio.

Nice, right? It can be very difficult to diagnose, so say hello to a psychiatric diagnosis.

. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
Anti–NMDA-receptor encephalitis is the most common type of autoimmune encephalitis.14 It frequently affects young women (female-to-male ratio of 4:1; median age, 21 years).14, 15
There are numerous cases documented.

Here is one.



Here are 8 more.

elsevier.es/en-revista-neu…
jneuroinflammation.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Confirmed trigger factors for anti-NMDAR encephalitis are tumours and herpes simplex encephalitis.1,2 Two studies have suggested a possible association between the HLA class I allele B*07:02 and the HLA class II allele DRB1*16:0.3 In this case, we suspect that SARS-CoV-2 infection acted as a trigger for the onset of anti-NMDAR encephalitis.
We identified eight case reports in which anti-NMDAR encephalitis (characteristic disease symptoms and detection of NMDAR antibodies in CSF) occurred with a time delay of 3 days to 3 weeks after the manifestation of COVID-19 disease (Table 1). Four of the identified 8 patients developed symptoms with a time delay of less than one week. The age of the patients ranged from 23 months to 53 years and consisted of four males and four females.
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Sep 13
BLOOMBERG TWEETING OUT COVID has all sorts of cognitive issues and of a coming SURGE OF DEMENTIA?

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What We Know About Covid’s Impact on Your Brain Scientists are worried that persisting cognitive issues may signal a coming surge of dementia and other mental conditions
Seniors Infected? 40% developed cognitive impairment. Research has since shown that Covid-related cognitive deficits can persist for years, especially in older adults and those who suffered more severe cases. For instance, a study of seniors hospitalized during China’s first Covid wave showed that 2 1/2 years later, 40% developed cognitive impairment, compared with just 14% of their uninfected spouses.
Three years after discharge

🤯Half experienced moderate to severe depression.

🤯A quarter suffered severe cognitive decline.

🤯 1 in 9 showed a loss of mental function equivalent to a 30-point drop on the IQ scale, where a score of 100 is average. So, a 70.

Oof. A 2024 UK study of people hospitalized for Covid treatment revealed a significant worsening of psychiatric and cognitive symptoms three years after discharge. Half experienced moderate to severe depression, a quarter suffered severe cognitive decline, and one in nine showed a loss of mental function equivalent to a 30-point drop on the IQ scale, where a score of 100 is average.
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Sep 7
Marc Veldhoen as discussed by Marc Veldhoen.

Quick walk and talk on the Veldhoen Paradox.
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Marc: When you have no expertise in a particular field; it is hard to understand the data, context and the conclusions.

Marc: leave it to the experts.

Call him crazy, or guilty of doing everything he accuses others of like a mini Trump,
scholar.google.com/citations?hl=e…

Marc Veldhoen @Marc_V... 11 Feb 23: When you have no expertise in a particular field; it is hard to understand the data, context and the conclusions. The chance you have discovered something the field does not know are near 0: you will be wrong. But, it is also critically important for the field to communicate.
Another warning that not all paper are valid, not all are good, not all contain reliable data or conclusions. Leave it to experts in the respective fields to collate data, interpretation it, judge the validity, and come to a consensus.
but I don't see any studies on child immunology by him.

No studies on children - at all. Not in his published studies - and not with his group.



Did you know that there is an entire field called "Pediatric Immunology?"

And they, as a field, do not say imm.medicina.ulisboa.pt/investigation/…

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Sep 6
@MichaelSLaufer - Fascinating article here on making our own medicine!

This 🧵 is a Covid call to arms.

Sovaldi, the literal cure for Hepatitis C, costs $84,000. Meaning the 15,000 who die of it every year, could be saved for just $69.72 each.

404media.co/right-to-repai…
Ok, I tend to have some very smart followers.

You have hacked the N95 for the nose, the CRBox, etc.

It's given me great pleasure to share your knowledge as part of the hive mind.

Two thoughts on this medicine printer.

Paxlovid. Future LongCovid cure.

Who has $1,500 for
Paxlovid's 1 week, much less $3,000 for the two week course?

Even if you have insurance, that's co-pay PLUS $1,500 as they won't pay out for the second week.

And that's even if you are able to get it prescribed (was that you, Canada, UK?).

Imagine if you were able to print
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Sep 4
Seems like @ClareWilsonMed is quite the liar.

No clicks for (k)icks: please read her "work" here:


Seems like a liar?

She starts this dreck with, " I support the right of anyone who wants or needs to wear a mask ...." archive.is/ZG5Wu
But she calls it unethical for @LongCovidSOS, who has LongCovid, to call for more data collection, here.

She then goes on to next attack @Aspasiapal, because she just doesn't want Covid.

bps.org.uk/psychologist/l…
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Aug 30
I had to sit down for this bit of #H5N1 news (redid 🧵).

It will truly be a miracle if it does NOT get into humans enough that we go full world pandemic.

Crazy that this could be gleaned from one paragraph.

Virus was detected 16 days BEFORE symptoms.

Do you see it, too?

/1 In unpublished research, scientists at Colorado State University and Iowa State University who tested bulk milk tank samples found that the virus is detectable 14 to 16 days before farms saw a significant increase in symptoms like low appetite, lethargy, fever, and a dropoff in milk production.
If the virus is in the milk two weeks before any symptoms, then we WILL get raw milk drinkers drinking infected milk.

Because the symptoms include the clotty milk.

Maybe we get that miracle. Maybe we get lucky.

Viruses never mutate in predictable ways, so there's that.

/2
But. Combine that presymptomatic viral milk with raw milk drinkers AND cryotolerant #H5N1 👇👇 ?

I view that paragraph above the same as the first video I saw of people collapsing in Wuhan.

It's coming. It's just a matter of when.
/3

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