Thread by @NjbBari3

4th of September 2020.

After a long battle, my Aunty, a Professor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Dhaka🇧🇩 , died of COVID-19. It’s coming up to the second anniversary of her death, and here we are again, sending healthcare workers into danger, without adequate protection.

Two critical errors are occurring again.

1 Downgraded pathogen from airborne transmission so adequate PPE won’t be available, especially in LMIC.

2 Vaccine supply and equity issues.

It is far too soon to be repeating the same mistakes again, and yet here we are.

We are asking unvaccinated, inadequately protected HCW to put their families lives on the line again… This time, the pathogen affects kids most.

#MonkeyPoxIsAirborneToo

Many of you followed me through those early depressing years as I shared the losses we had in my family to COVID-19… and now, monkeypox casts a gloom in the future.

I can’t emphasise enough, how important it is to have a cautious and practical approach to this latest problem.

Vaccines, diagnostics, PPE, treatments need to be shared, and they need to go to those communities that are affected the most. The people that have monkeypox, their close contacts, and those who work with them first, regardless of borders.

Testing in particular needs to open up to everyone. We know this isn’t a disease that will remain in any one community for long.

I wish that we could do it right this time. 😔