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Feb 18 13 tweets 3 min read
" In May 2017 a patient attended the emergency dept at a hospital in England, with a presumed allergic reaction. He was subsequently diagnosed with #Measles . There were 7 further confirmed cases, five of whom had received two doses of #MMR vaccine." 1/
sciencedirect.com/science/articl… "a 25 year old male...presented with a 1 day history of a rash on his face with accompanying facial pain, diarrhoea and epigastric tenderness. He was found to be lymphopenic. He
had visited his...physician the day before feeling generally unwell and with a facial rash." 2/
Jan 2 5 tweets 2 min read
Why do mask mandates matter? Because source control matters! Check out this research 1/
" All masks and respirators significantly reduced exhaled viral load, *without fit tests or training* . A duckbill N95 reduced exhaled viral load by 98% ..." ..." We compared efficacy of masks (cloth &surgical) &respirators (KN95 &N95)as source control for SARS-CoV-2 viral load in exhaled breath of volunteers with COVID19. Volunteers provided paired unmasked and masked breath samples allowing computation of source-control factors" /2
May 25, 2023 5 tweets 3 min read
All BC #workers have the right to
1. know what hazards exist in the workplace.
2. report injury or illness from hazards
3. refuse unsafe work
4. be free from reprisal for refusing unsafe work

#SARSCoV2 is a BSL3 pathogen & we have a right to know if it is in the air ...Govts are trying to spread a hazard so widely that workers cannot say that there is more hazard at work than elsewhere.

But if you slipped & fell at work, your slipping at the ice rink does not remove your employer's responsibility to remove a work hazard #SARSCoV2
Feb 19, 2023 16 tweets 12 min read
A @WorkSafeBC #covid19bc claim must demonstrate higher exposure at work vs daily life so you must list exposures from: gym, worship, friends &family. Effectively, by removing #maskmandate , #PHO has undermined *every* WS claim unless we forego ALL socials outside of work 1/ @WorkSafeBC ....Effectively a claim can be denied due to Public health removing public protections &workers who have ANY social life, who does not receive *meds* (paxlovid? few workers eligible) & who does not personally mask up consistently...oh AND family members 2/
Feb 12, 2023 6 tweets 3 min read
CDC rewrites history on the #Spanishflu :

"With no vaccine to protect against #flu infection and no antibiotics to treat 2ndary bacterial infections that can be associated with influenza infections, control efforts worldwide were limited to NPIs ..." 1/ " ...isolation, quarantine, good personal hygiene, use of disinfectants, and limitations of public gatherings" That's very odd, there is no mention of the widespread use of #ventilation during the #SpanishFlu era
This is a curious omission since ...cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-r… 2/
Sep 17, 2022 5 tweets 5 min read
#bced Pro-D. The chair gave me time to explain what this thing was , humming in the middle of our circle of 27 mostly unmasked teachers. I said it was a #science project. We had #wildfires which gave us choking smoke....1/ #covid19bc #CorsiRosenthalBox ...It was built by the #science class. I shared that the #CorsiRosenthalBox can breath in >1000x more air than our lungs so any wildfire smoke, pollution or airborne diseases like flu, or covid is more likely to be caught here before we breathe it in! #bced After I presented 2/
Jul 29, 2022 4 tweets 3 min read
Image from the same article depicting these vaxxed CDC researchers all suited up to do their sampling of rodents in an area with endemic #MPX 3 people dressed in blue gowns, gloves & helmets From the CDC page on *traveling* to an area where #MPX is endemic "People infected with monkeypox can spread the virus to others through the air when they cough, sneeze, or talk."
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Jun 17, 2022 18 tweets 14 min read
I had a chance to go to this @VSOrchestra Orpheum Theatre built after the Spanish Flu to be *pandemic proof* and WOW. This ventilating system is FULLY OPERATIONAL. Huge crowd 1/n Image @VSOrchestra And under the seats there were these mushroom shaped objects...Fresh air from pipes provided a very gentle stream of air & note these air intakes were protected by the mushroom design. the stem emitted air, the umbrella part protected it 2/n ImageImage
Mar 18, 2022 8 tweets 7 min read
The @VSOrchestra Orpheum was built in 1927, shortly after the last worldwide pandemic ...."One of the most up-to-date ventilating systems on the continent was installed...Air was brought from the outside and blown through a series of water sprays or screens...1/2 #covid19bc @VSOrchestra ..."heated to any desired degree, then forced through a system of ducts which distributed it to every part of the building hrough hundreds of small pipes which opened beneath the seats...2/n