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@PeteUK7

Feb 6

The art of misinfo:
Been reading some of the 'masks don't work' nonsense.
There's a methodology to creating & spreading misinfo. It works by:
a) reassuring those who had a bias/didn't like masks
b) making those who don't understand feel like they've found someone who does.
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It's actually pretty easy to do.
Start off with and endpoint - i.e. you'd like people to be put off wearing masks.
Use terms which the average person will not understand but which make you appear intelligent.
Find some literature which is kind of related but not relevant.
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Find graphs & charts. People love those because following lines on charts is easy and visually appealing.
It doesn't matter if the chart is actually scientifically supporting your claim.
If matters if the chart 'looks like' it is supporting it to those who don't understand it.
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@PeteUK7

Feb 4

It's mad that we're even having some debates still.
FACT 1: Covid is predominantly spread by airborne transmission.
Not droplets. Not fomites.
No debate needed.
Cover all risks but make absolutely certain you cover the predominant one.
We're ignoring it. Everywhere.
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FACT 2: High quality respirators work.
FFP2/N95/FFP3/N100/Elastomerics.
All of them work.
The higher the grade & fit factor, the better they work.
They all work better than surgical masks.
No debate needed.
It's just physics.
We are allowing politics & stupidity to interfere.
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FACT 3: High levels of filtration (suitable grade filter) helps to prevent outbreaks in classrooms & other shared indoor air.
No debate is needed.
Removing virus from the air ensuring that the concentration of viral particles is constantly very low reduces transmission risk.
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@PeteUK7

Feb 3

A bewildering aspect of Covid, speaking as:
a) one who knows transmission pathway
b) one who knows what harms it causes
c) the parent of a vulnerable young adult is:
Life just seems to go on as normal for most.
Not a care in the world.
Yet ~150,000 folk in UK got C19 today
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But today wasn't unusual.
It has become the norm.
People have accepted it.
Some will be lucky.
Others will end up in hospital.
Some will die.
Some will become disabled.
Some will die later from the latent effects.
I wonder how many regret having carried on as normal?
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However, we don't hear much about it on the news.
The Govt are even reducing the one tool they provided - the vaccine.
Variants are finding ways around existing immunity.
Some will have Long Covid & it's seriously bad.
People infected who recover are prone to other infections.
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@PeteUK7

Jan 19

I guess many will have seen news of UK Gov buildings being kitted out with air cleaning & air disinfecting kit.
It's not surprising that they're looking after themselves.
However, by doing so, they've undone all the arguments against cleaner air in schools & hospitals etc.
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A lot of effort has gone into gate-keeping;
to the point where science has been denied.
This investment *proves* beyond all doubt that they understand how C19 transmits & that we can make places much safer by investing in clean air.
There never was any need to wait.
They lied.
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@i_petersen

One argument I'd like them to unpick now is this:
'there is no point making classroom air safer because kids will just pick up the infection elsewhere'.
So how will making the air safer in UK Gov buildings help?
@i_petersen this is one of yours.
Are the Gov wasting our money?
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@PeteUK7

Jan 17

Sacrificial anodes:
In chemistry, these are metals designed to be deliberately & gradually corroded in order to protect other, more valuable metal parts.
This is how letting Covid rip feels.
Allow all to be exposed; deliberately sacrificing people, aiming to protect others.
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This is in essence the idea of herd immunity. Leaders decide that some must be sacrificed to save & protect the herd.
It's pretty ruthless - those known to be most at risk because of age or other health issues & disabilities - they are the ones considered OK to sacrifice 🤨.
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Even if people are OK with that (and most seem to be), there's just one slight snag: Unlike the sacrificial anode with its predictable chemistry--with deliberate C19 infections, even those they seek to protect are becoming damaged in the process.
A gradual erosion of health.
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@PeteUK7

Jan 16

@educationgovuk

Looking again at the wording of this doc.
@educationgovuk as you know this:
Air filtration will reduce contaminants like "particles that can cause respiratory allergies & exacerbate asthma."
So how does ventilation alone solve this?
It doesn't.
You're excluding those kids.
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https://twitter.com/PeteUK7/status/1614659841867350021

This is another reason why filtration should be added 'as standard' to every classroom and another reason why you cannot use the equity argument for schools to decline air filter donations.
Those schools with so-called "adequate ventilation" will NOT quality for air filters.
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Let's be honest. You don't want to make the investment in air filters for all schools.
So instead some very disingenuous & dishonest arguments are used with thresholds out-of-step with every other nation to ensure kids go without.
"Adequate ventilation" = actually inadequate.
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