Good thread here.

Jeremy Farrar - there may be at least one temporary gap in the document that no one has mentioned?

IRPs do not encompass infectious fecal, urinary, or skin flake aerosols?

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WHO riddle (published after 129 years of technical consultations): What do you call something that looks like aerosols, moves like aerosols (literally) and quacks like aerosols?

Answer: Not aerosols, because that would contribute to misleading information and confusion.

The concern about #H5N1 reflects the interplay betwn birds, mammals and humans, the mutable nature of influenza viruses, and highly pathogenic clade 2.3.4.4b. The statistical probability of H5N1 adapting to humans is higher than at any time in the past. theconversation.com/a-person-in-te…

Does anyone in the media question why me and Trisha Greenhalgh both stepped away from World Health Organization (WHO) and their new messaging of #COVIDIsAirborne ?

And they have them at the Institute for Pandemics symposium today at UofT in Toronto - big and little…everywhere.

That adds a load of yuck factor to the new terminology.

World Health Organization (WHO) How much did this whole process cost? How many respirators could WHO have purchased if it had just had the humility to apologize for being wrong, instead of letting insiders use WHO slush funds to play word games?

That’s an excellent question.

Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz World Health Organization (WHO) should be leading, not running opinion surveys.

The ‘precautionary principle’ is a fundamental tenet of healthcare designed to save lives.

WHO should be protecting it, NOT actively participating in its demise simply because some people might think ‘lives aren’t worth it’

Brian Fog Vitacore I’M SO GLAD YOU ASKED. Respirators made in Canada are certified under this CSA standard. It’s more robust than NIOSH N95 certification in several ways but is not transferable to the US, so CSA-certified respirators must go through KN95 or N95 cert csagroup.org/store/product/…

2/ The report was likely the result of intense pressure on World Health Organization (WHO) during the pandemic:

- They denied that #COVIDIsAirborne on March 2020
- They finally accepted it 2 years later

nature.com/articles/d4158…

1/ World Health Organization (WHO) has published a report on updated terminology for disease transmission

I've seen some debate about it. My take:

- Terminology itself is ok. Big progress
- But no recommendations of how to protect!

Report: who.int/publications/m…

Press release: who.int/news/item/18-0…

At least one of us will be in our Donate A Mask - Canada shirt! We’ll tweet from the event and keep you up to date on the Canadian public health news.

POPNB will be at CPHA next week! Yes, we will be using multiple layers of infection prevention - masks, nose sprays, eating outdoors. We are part of a contributed session and look forward to meeting with allies. 💕 We’ll have cool Canada Strong Masks and CanadamasQ masks to give out!

I think I broke co-pilot. It tied to answer 3 times and finally deleted its text and posted that.

“Bird Flu Spread By Puffin” Say WHO, Announce Bounty For Capture Dead Or Alive.

Yes. That’s how nonsensical the argument “we can’t provide clean air because ‘equity’” is.
If something is very nonsensical it’s probably because it’s disingenuous.

Answer: It doesn’t.