Gourlay (care to reason) 👀 Profile picture
Accidental Covid nerd. Psychologist with Cambridge University Psychology and Theoretical Physics degrees. Mastodon: https://t.co/VQRP4sGW2g
Nov 26, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
AIR FILTERING:

“The problem seems to be one of translating success in the laboratory to success in real-life settings”

Why? Poorly implemented interventions deliver poor results. Like wearing a mask poorly.

Answer … give up? No, do it better.

thenewdaily.com.au/life/health/20…
Image The paper
- by Julii Brainard
BA Geography (San Diego State)
PhD Environmental Science (East Anglia)

✅“trend towards the treatment groups to have fewer infections. This finding was more consistent for observational studies, especially HEPA cohorts” ✅🆗

medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
Nov 18, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
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“Is this how it’s always going to be?”

Good question. The virus mutates to get better at infecting us. There’s absolutely no sign that this is slowing.

🦠 #CovidIsNotOver

i.stuff.co.nz/national/healt… 2/
Lab studies show that the virus’s ability to infect (enter our cells) can potentially grow by a factor of ~600.

This constant, continuing risk of severe illness will be with us for years.

This is like allowing TB to circulate freely … and doing nothing.

🦠 #CovidIsNotOver
Nov 20, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
“Never-ending waves of severe #COVID19 disease”

How do we get out of this mess? Physical measures (masks, ventilation, HEPA filters …)

PLUS: ‘#NasalSpray’ strategies:
1️⃣ disable virus
2️⃣ disable host entry point (nasal ACE2 receptors)
3️⃣ boost nasal antibodies (secretary IgA) 1️⃣ Melbourne trial of nasal Heparin spray to disable virus spikes (necessary for access yo host cells):

premier.vic.gov.au/covid-nasal-sp…