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@1goodtern
Dec 10, 2025 • 84 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
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Ten Pathogens that are airborne:
1
Covid
2
SARS
3
MERS
4
Flu A
5
Flu B
6
Measles
7
Mumps
8
Rubella
9
Chicken Pox
10
Respiratory Syncitial Virus (RSV)
11
Rhinoviruses
12
Adenoviruses
13
Enteroviruses
14
Human metapneumovirua
15
Parainfluenza
16
Cytomegalovirus
17
Hantavirus
18
Norovirus
19
Hep B
20
Hep C
21
Smallpox
22
Mpox
23
Lassa Virus
24
Nipah
25
Bird flu
26
TB
27
Whooping Cough
28
Strep A
29
Streptococcus pneumoniae
30
Neisseria Meningitidis (meningococcal disease)
31
Diptheria
32
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
33
Chlamydia pneumoniae
34
Legionella pneumophila
35
Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
36
Anthrax
37
Tularaemia
38
Brucella
39
MRSA
40
Acinetobacter
41
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
42
Nocardia
43
Histoplasmosis
44
Coccidioides (Valley Fever)
45
Blastomyces dermatitidis
46
Aspergillosis
47
Cryptococcus
48
Pneumocystis jirovecii (pcp pneumonia)
49
Mucormycosis
50
Toxoplasmosis
51
Echonococcus
52
Giardia
Ten things that can reduce the risk of catching an airborne pathogen:
1
An ffp2/n95 mask worn properly
2
Ventilation
3
HEPA air filtration
4
Far UVC
5
Reduced mixing
6
Reduced meeting duration
7
Reduced meeting size
8
Meeting outdoors
9
People with infections staying home
10
Rapid testing before meeting
11
Avoiding crowded indoor spaces
12
CO₂ monitoring to spot poor ventilation
13
Spacing people out
14
Quiet environments (less shouting, fewer aerosols)
15
Hybrid or remote participation options
16
High vaccination uptake
17
Regular symptom checks
18
Better building standards for airflow
19
Masking during travel
20
Reducing CO₂ levels to minimise pathogen halflife
21
Opening windows before people arrive
22
Avoiding recirculated air on transport
23
Scheduling breaks for air refresh
24
Using portable HEPA units in smaller rooms
25
Staggered arrival and departure times
26
Holding events in larger rooms than needed
27
Better humidity control (40–60 percent)
28
Treating any exhaled air as unclean
29
Treating any room as a room filled with exhaled air
30
Wearing a respirator instead of a surgical mask

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Feb 7
People don't understand that there are several real models of cumulative harm that apply to covid infections.

People don't like complex ideas, so they avoid them.

This is going to be a long thread, with several simple ideas that combine to make a big complex one.
First off, we *know* beyond all doubt that covid infections cause short term harm.
The amount of short term harm varies from person to person and infection to infection, but it's there.
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Feb 5
Do midwives know that they're now twice as likely to be off sick with a pregnancy related disorder than before the Covid pandemic started? Image
Do nurses?
And health visitors? Image
Similar trend across all staff groups, with an apparent accelerating increase more recently. Image
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Jan 22
I think one of the most important conclusions people are missing from the data in the recent big studies is that covid infections cause radically diverse long term effects in different age groups.
So much so that it could appear as if they've been infected with different viruses.
But it's not the virus that's different, it's the immune system, the metabolism, and the way the body repairs the damage done by the infection.
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Jan 20
Okay folks, I'm calling it, and it's bad news:

The word mucinous is going to become much more common.

Yes, bookmark this tweet, it looks bland, but it's important.
oh, okay. I won't leave you hanging.

I've written a lot recently about how we're missing the big picture of how covid infection is doing cumulative damage to interfaces in the body - linings, membranes, barriers, walls, filters.
I don't want to rewrite that all here, but I don't want to bust the flow of this thread, so at the end of it, I'll post the thread I wrote on linings.
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Jan 19
I know, I know, you're going to laugh at me for saying that you're more likely to have problems with cramp after you've had a covid infection, but it's all very simple science.
Loads of people have been mentioning cramp recently, and like so many other conditions, yes, covid infection makes it more likely, and makes it worse.
It's just an extra factor on top of all the normal factors for cramp.
Muscles are fussy about blood flow.
They need a steady supply of oxygen to contract and, crucially, to relax.
Covid messes with the small blood vessels that supply it, so muscles end up slightly under-fuelled, and under-fuelled muscles cramp.
Read 13 tweets
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Jan 18
Do you know which whacky loons say that covid infections increase the risk of heart disease?
The British Heart Foundation.
Do you know which antivaxers say that covid vaccines do not fully protect against infection, illness, or long term effects?
Pfizer.
Do you know which hysterical doom merchants say covid can cause long term lung damage even after a mild case?
British Lung Foundation.
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