Thread by @doctorasadkhan

Well that was a slap in the face. We were falling ill, dying or developing #LongCovid despite washing our hands till they bled. I was saying #COVIDisAirborne- why wouldn’t a respiratory virus be? Nobody around me listened at the time. The droplet lobby’s narrative persisted 1/n

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I caught #Covid_19 in Nov 2020 working on a respiratory ward with a surgical mask & flimsy apron. There was no shortage of airborne #PPE at the time. But of course we had to be slaves to guidelines, no matter how idiotic they were. 1500 HCW & social worker deaths in the #NHS 2/n

Now the govt recognises airborne transmission. Apparently though in healthcare facilities the virus decides not to behave this way. @NHSEngland @UKHSA @DHSCgovuk @MFTnhs nothing short of MANDATORY airborne PPE for confirmed or suspected #Covid_19 cases is enough. Get it? 3/n

It’s my #COVIDversary this weekend. I’m much better having forked out thousands for HELP apheresis in Germany but work & any semblance of family life is a long way off. I still have #POTS #PEM & have to lie down frequently to get blood to my head 4/n

To understand the murky detail of how frontline workers were thrown to the wolves watch this film I made ages ago with my buddy @gezmedinger featuring #PPE champions @DRTomlinsonEP @NHSLeader @helenh49 @ptsafetylearn 5/5