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Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧 Profile picture
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Feb 22 • 18 tweets • 9 min read • Read on X
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FROM THE OLYMPICS TO NASA, WEARING MASKS IS BACK - EXCEPT IN HEALTHCARE

Brilliant article on how masking is increasingly popular with Olympic athletes, actors & astronauts wanting to avoid illness…

…but sadly, in hospitals, masking is rare & those who do are often gaslit.

🧵 Image
Here’s a link to the online version of this article by the brilliant Tess Finch Lees:
independent.ie/opinion/commen…
The link above is paywalled so here’s an archived link where you can read it for free:


(Please do also click the first link as well though to increase traffic & help persuade editors to publish more Covid stories like this).archive.ph/sfP52
In the rest of this thread 🧵, I’ll run through some of the key quotes from Tess’ article and provide further details & context - I hope you find this helpful… 😊
“When asked about wearing an N95 respirator mask on the subway recently, Tom Hanks replied:

“I’m doing a play right now, I cannot get sick,” adding, “I’ve had Covid enough in my life.””

(Clip below from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ⬇️)
“NASA [& CSA] astronauts are isolating and masking indoors to avoid getting viruses that could derail their March Artemis II mission around the moon…”

(Instagram post below from Jeremy Hanson, one of the 4 astronauts selected for the Artemis II mission around the moon). Image
“Multiple Olympic teams arrived in Italy in masks.

“The Dutch team chief said they were masking to protect against Covid, which could disrupt their success at the games.

“Dutch speed skater Femke Kok, won gold and broke an Olympic record this week.”

() ad.nl/olympische-spe…Image
“There were over 40 Covid outbreaks at the Summer Olympics in 2024, with many athletes unable to compete as a result.”

(Article below from Daily Mail about the multiple cases of Covid at the Paris Summer Olympics in 2024: ) dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…Image
“Having missed a race in 2022 due to a Covid infection, US speed skater Casey Dawson wasn’t taking any chances in Italy. “We’ve learnt a lot since the Covid pandemic”, he said, which is why he masked up this year.”

(Article below from NY Times in 2022: ) nytimes.com/2022/02/04/spo…Image
“There are more than 400,000 studies showing that Covid harms everyone…”

(Link to LitCovid: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coron…)

“…and a study in Lancet Oncology indicates that the virus poses a greater risk of death in cancer patients.”

(Link to Lancet paper: thelancet.com/journals/lanon…) Image
“Last month, 60 experts sent an open letter to the WHO, urging it to recommend the use of respirator (FFP3/N95) masks in all healthcare settings, to protect staff and patients against dangerous respiratory pathogens, such as SARS-CoV-2, which continues to circulate globally.” Image
“Among the signatories was Dr Barry Jones, chair of CATA.”

“Jones warned that, “CATA is extremely concerned that there is a concerted push by govt & healthcare bodies to ignore the findings & recommendations of the Covid Inquiry.”

(Clip below from Dr Jones at the Covid Inquiry)
Dr Jones continued:

“This includes intransigence towards recognising the AIRBORNE route of transmission established by independent experts.”

“These experts testified that IPC guidance should be updated to recommend routine use of respirator masks treating patients with Covid…”
“Around 34% of healthcare workers in England are suffering from long-Covid, the numbers increasing with every wave…”

(Link to article about study:
kcl.ac.uk/news/long-covi… x.com/_catinthehat/s…Image
“A British Medical Association survey showed one-in-five responding doctors were unable to work because of the disease.”

(Link to BMA report:
bma.org.uk/media/7318/bma…) x.com/_catinthehat/s…Image
“This month, the British Medical Journal reported that “Covid is a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one.””

(Link to BMJ article: bmj.com/content/392/bm…) x.com/bmj_latest/sta…Image
“[The BMJ] cited a large study of over 11M US veterans showing the risk of heart & vessel damage, incl. heart attacks, strokes & cardiac arrest, was substantially increased in those who had Covid one year earlier, compared with those who didn’t.”

(Study: ) nature.com/articles/s4159…Image
“Even ‘mild’ cases resulted in more cardiovascular disease than those who were never infected.”

“Where is the public health information explaining how to prevent Covid infections: masks, clean indoor air, vaccination, testing, stay at home if sick?”

It’s a good question, Tess!

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May 15
🚨“Why COVID could be to blame for the rise in deadly meningitis”

“When people regularly catch Meningitis B bacteria, they usually live harmlessly in the nose.”

“The problem is that COVID may have made our cells more susceptible to the bacteria.”

dailymail.com/health/article… x.com/dailymail/stat…Image
A growing number of scientists have been sounding the alarm recently about how repeated Covid infections may be damaging our immune systems…

bmj.com/content/390/bm…Image
This is not a particularly new idea; it’s been discussed in scientific circles for years already.

Back in early 2023, the World Health Network (@TheWHN) published this article which summarised the latest research on Covid’s impact on the immune system.

whn.global/scientific/cov…Image
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May 14
HANTAVIRUS OUTBREAK

A WHO representative was interviewed on GMB this morning.

She said that if someone self-isolating at home starts to feel sick, they should immediately remove themselves from company & start wearing a mask…

…but that’s NOT what the WHO guidance says… 🧵
The guidance is clear that those self-isolating at home should NOT wait for symptoms before taking precautions.

For the ENTIRE 42-day quarantine, they should:
▪️Avoid contact with other household members
▪️Remain in a separate room
▪️If contact is unavoidable, wear a respirator Image
🚨Clinically Vulnerable Families (@cv_cev) have issued a press release calling for the government to immediately publish the full operational & clinical arrangements for passengers & close contacts linked to the MV Hondius outbreak.

Transparency is essential at this point. Image
Read 13 tweets
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May 11
HANTAVIRUS OUTBREAK:

I’ve just listened to the health update from the US Nebraska Health Officials 🇺🇸

A few points of interest:

1/ in addition to the US passenger who tested positive & the one showing symptoms, it seems there is ANOTHER passenger who may have tested positive.
2/ Passengers currently in the Nebraska quarantine unit will spend a few days there being assessed.

If they remain symptom free & have support available at home to isolate safely, they’ll have the choice to complete the 42-day isolation either at home or in the quarantine unit.
3/ When asked about the US passengers who left the ship in St Helena on 24 Apr (at the same time at the Dutch woman who was symptomatic & sadly died on 26 Apr), they confirmed that these passengers have all been traced & are being monitored - but seems they’re NOT self-isolating.
Read 10 tweets
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May 10
HANTAVIRUS OUTBREAK

Following my thread yesterday which criticised aspects of the WHO’s strategy, I’m pleased to see they’ve done a 180° turn in the updated guidance published today:

who.int/docs/default-s…

EVERYONE from the ship will now be treated as HIGH-RISK contacts…

🧵 x.com/_catinthehat/s…Image
…and ALL high-risk contacts will now be required to ISOLATE in a designated facility or at home (depending on each country’s capabilities) for 42 days from last known exposure…

…and for the MV Hondius passengers & crew, the last day of exposure is the date of disembarkation. Image
So for the passengers & crew leaving the ship today, the clock for their 42 days in isolation starts ticking TODAY…

…and their isolation & monitoring will end on 21 June. Image
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May 9
HANTAVIRUS OUTBREAK 🧵

Following the WHO press briefing, I wanted to compile a thread with the key points.

1/ ISOLATION OF PASSENGERS

Concerningly, it seems the WHO are NOT recommending to isolate cruise ship passengers (even high-risk contacts) UNLESS they develop symptoms.
Just to quickly recap, it has been confirmed that the passengers & crew (including the 30 who disembarked on 24 April in St Helena) come from a total of 28 different countries.

The full breakdown of countries for both passengers 🟥 & crew 🟦 is detailed below ⬇️ Image
When the 146 people remaining on the ship are repatriated to their home countries, each country will adopt their own local protocols.

However, the WHO are only recommending:

▪️SYMPTOMATIC cases ➡️ isolation
▪️ASYMPTOMATIC cases ➡️ monitoring
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May 5
HANTAVIRUS OUTBREAK ON CRUISE

“Human-to-human transmission suspected on board hantavirus cruise ship, WHO says”

▪️7 cases identified so far.

▪️3 people (2 Dutch, 1 German) have tragically died.

▪️1 Briton is in intensive care in South Africa.

edition.cnn.com/2026/05/05/afr… x.com/cnn/status/205…Image
The exact Hantavirus has not yet been identified, but given the ship departed from Argentina, it’s a distinct possibility it’s the Andes Virus.

This strain is known to be transmissible between humans & previously caused superspreader events in Argentina.

nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.105…Image
Below are further details about the Andes Virus superspreader events in Argentina (in 2018):

▪️ Transmission event: Birthday Party
5 guests infected
Symptom onset 17-24 days later

▪️ Transmission event: Funeral/Wake
10 guests infected
Symptom onset 14-40 days later Image
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