Get vaccinated or get expelled. Public Health is getting tough!!

Data I was analysing on outbreak clusters from Victoria in late 2021 confirmed that schools were the source of far more clusters of cases than everywhere else combined. Henry is right: improving ventilation in schools would have a big impact. 1/

Cows in the U.S. join the ever-growing list of animals impacted by avian flu, CIDRAP reports: cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenz…

“Teachers are the most vulnerable occupation to getting Long Covid, which can still affect people 4years after catching the virus, a new study shows.” NZ was a highly vaxxed population before infection swept through the pop. Vaxx helps but won’t stop LC. rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

Thrilled to be named a CIHR Applied Public Health Chair in Applied Ethics in Health Emergencies. Over the next 6 years, I'll be partnering with public health decision-makers to conduct research that will enhance 'ethical preparedness' for future public health threats.

It’s been a while since I’ve swabbed and sent a patient for Mumps titres. Updating myself on a rarely seen vaccine preventable viral illness. Thanx antivaxxers. 😠

BREAKING: WHO unequivocally uses the word “airborne” to depict infectious particles transmitted in the air (fits with “waterborne”, “foodborne” etc). Hopefully this easy-to understand terminology will be used throughout WHO. iris.who.int/handle/10665/3…

A strong case for mandating indoor air quality in public buildings science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Science Magazine lidia morawska Joseph Allen and an impressive list of 40+ co-authors with expertise

1/ New paper in Science Magazine: "Mandating Indoor Air Quality for Public Buildings" Explaining current status of indoor air quality standards (in short: bad or non-existent), the huge health benefits that would arise from them & proposing a path forward science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Very pleased to have joined forces with over 40 other fantastic experts around the world to call for indoor air standards for buildings. 90% of the air we breathe is indoors, and air quality has a massive effect on our health. We need public buildings to look after our health.

This is a landmark paper on the path to better indoor air quality. Outdoor air, the water we drink and food we eat is regulated by standards that protect us from harms. This is not the case for the air we breathe indoors where we spend 90% of our time. This is the most definitive

X has spiked ever since Y. Y persists 4 years on. And so does X. The cause of X? Anything and everything but Y.

“Spread of symptoms among the Michigan herd also indicates that HPAI transmission between cattle cannot be ruled out…” A concerning development on the avian influenza front. Source:

Surprised to see losartan topping this list. When starting an ARB, losartan is the last option I'd go with, for one simple reason. 🧵 /1

For decades, beta blockers have been used routinely after heart attacks. A new randomized trial in people with preserved pump function (EF>50%) shows they're unnecessary, unhelpful nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… NEJM #ACC24

The first clinical trial to show that preventive coronary intervention in non-flow limiting but vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque reduces major adverse cardiovascular events thelancet.com/journals/lance… The Lancet #ACC24

Sigh,….

Just updated our preprint assessing the 2022 study that claimed medical masks to be noninferior to N95s for COVID. In addition to issues identified previously, a closer examination of the data revealed unexpected patterns unlikely to occur in nature: osf.io/preprints/meta…

Full text of my paper about human rights violations during the ongoing pandemic through lack of mitigations in schools is now available online via Manchester University Press False Divisions and Dubious Equivalencies: Children’s Rights During the COVID-19 Pandemic manchesterhive.com/display/978152…