Viral Load of SARS-CoV-2 in Respiratory Aerosols - #droplet dogma debunked. Virus is mainly fine aerosols from deep in the lungs. HT Prof Deborah Lupton Master of Public Health, PhD Gabrielle Babbington academic.oup.com/cid/article/74…

We must take infection & reinfection more seriously.

Yale School of Public Health slides on Immune System effects are loaded with references - reproduced with credit here

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Four years since it first arrived, there are still enormous levels of acute (new infections) and chronic COVID in all communities, especially in those relying on ongoing infection to boost immunity. It is clearly a major driver of dramatic impacts like this. Not at all a…

We know prevention is more humanitarian and cost effective than permitting airborne diseases to spread - have your say on Aged Care IPC (infection prevention & control) in Australian Aged Care here :

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Omicron causes Long Covid (symptoms at 90 days) in 18% of a highly vaccinated population.

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As a neurologist specializing in #Dysautonomia , I see patients with #LongCovid every day. Most of these patients were vaccinated and had either no or minimal health problems prior to #Covid . I am going to be honest: even those Long Covid patients that have improved are at risk of…

Plum Stone Plum Jam #righttosafehealthcare discussing the new initiative she has founded - the Safer Air Project saferairproject.com

Looking back on Queensland CHO Dr John Gerrard’s statements about C-VID, it is startling how wrong he has been.

His advice has been wildly optimistic and at odds with the emerging science.

Watch to the end to hear what experts think of his views.

Full analysis in next tweet 👇

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Many use today as a day to mark significance in the Corona pandemic.

I welcome any way in which we can raise attention to COVID-19, to remember our loved ones lost-and still losing- but also to ensure that we continue to act to tackle the current threat of COVID-19.

In most states, schools haven’t been given good guidance on how to deal with COVID, or even why they should care about it.

This course will help them provide a safer environment for kids and teachers.

Thanks John Flint
Prof Brendan Crabb Dr Andrew Miller - bring back disease prevention

“We don’t let our kids get sunburnt because of the risk of skin cancer. We shouldn’t let them get infected with SARS-CoV-2 either, because we know it can have serious long-term effects.” bit.ly/3UIFgQf

Hayley Gleeson I don't need to imagine losing a loved one to nosocomial Covid.
A close relative of mine died last year after being infected with SC2 on the ward.

On 04 February 2024, 72% of inpatient Covid cases here in Wales were the result of nosocomial infection...

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imagine losing a loved one because they caught covid in hospital, a place they should’ve been safe.
is it ok for kids to catch covid in ICU? cancer patients? nurses?
as hospitals roll back precautions, too many are catching the virus and dying, doctors say
abc.net.au/news/2024-02-1…

A 'curve ball' alright, with substantial implications for what we might expect in the future - dramatic 'omicron-like' shifts can & presumably will keep happening - didn't know that bf Pirola/JN.1. But even without it, we had a problem that demanded the same response. John Flint

This doesn't mean it's no longer exceptional, requiring doing a lot. Data hard to find but 2023 toll will be v large (8,000 XS deaths to 31 July). US ahead on vax (XBB) & their availability (rec for everyone >6 months), airborne controls & testing for example. Why so different?

The dismantling of the Australian COVID-19 case reporting is hiding the scale (or even existence) of the current wave of community transmission sweeping across the country.
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