Thread by @joeyfox85

We stopped COVID in our home! My wife felt sick early last week and then tested positive (RAT). Everyone in our family is now negative. My kids and I never got it. We didn't resort to extreme measures like isolation or kids wearing N95s all day. This is how we did it:
1/11

We followed public health advice:
-wore comfortable cloth masks
-washed our hands frequently
-cleaned and disinfected - especially the toys
-practiced safe physical distancing
-put up plexiglass barriers as an extra precaution.

Just kidding. That's not how it's done.

2/11

#COVIDisAirborne . Focus on keeping the air clean and you can stop the spread. These are the measures we took:

Vaccines - we're all fully vaccinated (including boosters) except my 3 yo. My 4 month old had 2 doses in utero. My 6 yo has 2 doses.

3/11

Masks - I wore the CAN95 or CAN99 with ear loops. My wife wore a KN95 when she could, otherwise she wore a surgical mask + knot & tuck. It fits her well.

Filtration - We have 1 large #corsirosenthalbox in the main area and 3 minis in the bedrooms.

https://twitter.com/joeyfox85/status/1482797730011525120?s=20&t=Pddl7vgGVluwgh4rLFQu_A

4/11

The CR box is right beside where we eat and where the kids play/watch TV. We turned it up to medium speed for meals. My wife either ate in a different room or waited until we left and ate by herself. We kept windows cracked intermittently.

5/11

Humidifiers - we ran humidifiers in all the bedrooms every night. Tried to keep the home at 40% RH but because of the cold weather, it stayed around 30%.

With older kids, we could have had them stay in their rooms all day, but that wasn't possible for us.

6/11

I moved into the guest room and kept the window cracked. I made sure a room was aired out (3 air changes) before removing my mask. If the kids wanted to play in the basement, I brought one of the mini CR boxes down.

7/11

We had a disadvantage - an unmasked, unvaccinated 3 yo. It's been -10 deg C, couldn't open windows for long or go outside. But we have a 4 bedroom single family home which helped.

8/11

There's always an element of luck - how contagious someone is - but what we did worked.

-Vaccines work
-Well fitting medical masks work
-Filtration works
-Humidifiers work

My wife's case was mild - she felt fluey and achy for a few days - that's it. Many don't have that.

9/11

I've seen horror stories about how contagious this can be - e.g. across hallways in hotels with brief exposure - but those aren't the norm. Those stories do a disservice by making it seem impossible to stop this. It's not.

10/11

Focus on clean air and proper masking (N95s). It can be stopped. Vaccines, humidifiers, filtration, open windows, go outside, respirators...Infection isn't inevitable.
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