.Clinical Microbiology and Infection highlight: #COVID19 pandemic—a focused review for clinicians? Read in full: clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-…

We should incentivize labs to improve test turnaround time. If a Covid test comes back more than 72 hours later, it's useless and the lab shouldn't get paid. bit.ly/30hrx6q

News & Views: Two studies in Nature report evidence that the initial human settlement of the Americas happened earlier than is widely accepted. Some of the evidence suggests settlement began at least 10,000 years earlier than was generally suspected. go.nature.com/331V9Xc

Hydroxychloroquine might ward off COVID-19—in monkeys, not in humans. infectioncontroltoday.com/view/new-study…

Detecting personal microbiota signatures at artificial crime scenes sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

UNITE for safety Clean your Hands who.int/campaigns/worl…

Should we let people get infected, so they could develop immunity? No. That’s the opposite of what medicine does. We don’t encourage people to get UTIs or cancers to build immunity against future UTIs or cancer. My latest 🤔 💭 montreal.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2…

As image-generating technology improves, humans’ best defense from being fooled by an AI system may be yet another AI system trib.al/Fu02tvB

It's not too late to register for #IPAC2023 in beautiful Vancouver, BC! Join us in person or virtually for a wide range of timely education sessions from May 28th through 31st. Find out more at ow.ly/lKiA50NOlHo

We're supporting World #HandHygiene Day today Stop & think sustainably – are gloves needed? Did you know that the life cycle of a box of gloves contributes the same carbon emissions as driving 12 miles in an average car? #Sustainability #CleanYourHands #IPC #IPS World Health Organization (WHO)

✅#COVID19 is over as a global health +EMERGENCY+. ❌#COVID19 is NOT over as a global health +THREAT+. #VaccinateAndMitigate

Aaron Derfel Quality of working conditions is poor. Respect for the front line is nil. Attrition from this is high. Now some committee is going to try To squeeze out more efficiency out of the troops lol. Healthcare needs a long-term solution. Get politics out of it.

Aaron Derfel And what, exactly, will the government do to help the situation? Frowning doesn't count.

James Neill  ≠ 𝕏 @jason_willz1 Still Shakin' It Boss

New study finds a genetic variant may explain why some get COVID but have no symptoms #COVID19 #Genetics ow.ly/2Qrz50PhcuL

How to Respond to Misinformation From the Anti-Vaccine Movement #Vaccines #Misinformation ow.ly/zX8Q50PJmMe

I also spent 90 seconds at the briefing today on why Covid is *not just another winter bug* (which included referencing these lovel charts below)

#NursingLiveUK talks #gloves or rather Nicola Wilson talks how to reduce unnecessary glove use safely. Great to still see so much audience interest in this #Sustainability opportunity. Helen Dunn

Goosebumps. Just beautiful

#HNY 2024!!!!