"The presence of virus in the human nasopharynx, which has been repeatedly demonstrated, provides an obvious source of air contamination by patients and carriers; and direct contact has been traced during epidemics in a considerable fraction of cases..."
"..there are grounds for assuming that the virus lurks (LURKS) in the upper respiratory passages of man, and is given off in the air by acts of respiration."
1937.
"Epidemic acute Poliomyelitis and Encephalitis, both Air-Borne Infections"
"NORN and MOLLER (Ugeskrift for Lzger, 26-3374. Actu pcediutrica. Vol. XIX. 394 W. SOHIER BRYANT 33: 841, 1935) say the virus may enter via the lungs as shown by commencing with cough, bronchitis, or even pneumonia, and in some cases via the tonsils, commencing with tonsillitis."
"The prodromal symptoms are also identical in our two diseases. They both commence with local acute inflammatory symptoms in the upper air-tract, nose, throat and tonsils."
1940. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
"The balance of evidence suggests that poliomyelitis is an air-borne disease. However, recovery of the virus from feces, from water, and sewage must be taken seriously."
1944. "POLIOMYELITIS IN THE CYNOMOLGUS MONKEY : III. INFECTION BY INHALATION OF DROPLET NUCLEI AND THE NASOPHARYNGEAL PORTAL OF ENTRY"
"It is suggested that inhalation of virus deserves more serious attention as a mode of human infection than it has hitherto received, since air
and dust may be contaminated from fecal as well as from nasopharyngeal sources."
As of today, according to the CDC - polio is not airborne. We'll see about that.
The WHO:
"The virus is transmitted by person-to-person spread mainly through the faecal-oral route or, ...., by a common vehicle (for example, contaminated water or food)"
Evidently, if your Dr. is from the WHO? You are protected from the CDC droplets. who.int/news-room/fact…
More to come as we build the preponderance of evidence awaiting us buried in the old tomes.
Jumping up to 1972 for no other reason than I'd like to see some high-level citations - that I can then dive back down into in the earlier years.
If I was in NY, I would sure be masking up for CoVid, Monkeypox, and now polio.
Although the vaccine effectiveness is at 99%, if you follow me, there's a chance you might be immunocompromised as I tend to have a bunch of such followers.
NY state has suffered a decrease in vaccinations thanks to antivaxxers.
A study demonstrated 100% PERFECT protection against SARS2 w/ readily available KF94s
✅ 181 HCWs
✅ 1 got SARS2 antibodies, but an epi investigation -> the infection happened elsewhere.
😡 The final checkpoint was March 2021. N95s only became freely available 1 month later
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This is in comparison to a Swiss study during the same rough time-frame. A study which did NOT show the same excellent results, but dismal results. Why?
Flossing is necessary for those super tight contact points as you see in the above thread, and is great to remove plaque down 1 mm deep in the gum line (gently).
InterDental Brushes are fantastic and go down 2-3 mm into the gum line to remove plaque.
They basically go back and forth with InterDental Brushes on which is better as far as being the top of the food chain for overall cleaning of the space between your teeth.
I remember why I got going on this run of dental care threads.
I got a root canal, and then a cleaning. The hygienist told me that masks cause dental problems. I didn't say anything, but that's complete horse...puckies.