Woodfire heaters must be phased out, says Asthma Australia Their Asthma Action Plan also mentions HEPAs & N95s instead of just puffers. insightplus.mja.com.au/2026/22/wood...

In ward where 2+ patients died from airborne mould from a renovation, surgeon said my ankle Staph was "bad luck" So was a blood clot I got from a flawed IV insertion New airpurifiers & my N95 protected me from unmasked staff More can be done re "bad luck"

#Medsky🧪 #IDSky #vaccinesmatter #publichealth #COVID19vaccines lowers the risk of developing #LongCOVID by roughly 40% to 50%. This preventive efficacy operates by reducing acute disease severity, lowering viral burden, and training the #epigenome. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

WA's new CHO Clare Huppatz "So we're not exactly sure why there's been this transmission...other than we know that diphtheria will travel from person to person by close contact" Cvd's lesson: diseases more airborne than once thought www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

Good news for Oz air quality & fire risk: Goats used to mitigate fire risk Firefighters, looking at innovative ways to mitigate bushfires, have found a new weapon - goats. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Estimated by measuring nicotine in wastewater… fascinating. Wastewater is brimming with useful information

Toxic #Pfas chemicals identified in the sea foam around what should be pristine waters around #Fair-isle : www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Gave cabbie a tip or 4 as to why the N95 I gave him could be made much better than the surgical he was using (W-nose wire, elastic band+twist-n-tie head strap, diagonally opposite cracked open windows). He got it!!

The WHO taking the default position that emerging contagions must of necessity be spread by “close contact” until proven definitively otherwise, represents a brazen resurrection of Medieval contagionist dogma, long ago disproven by modern microbiology in the Victorian era.

There was an ancient debate over the origin of epidemics between miasmatists (non-contagious bad air arising in the environment) vs contagionists (infectious spread person-to-person). The scientific debate is over, but the political grounds driving the polarisation remain alive today. 🧵

2M in Oz have unsafe water. Social biz Aqua Ubique products pull clean water out of the air saving transport & packaging $ IDEA: add large HEPA filters to their airflow system to reduce airborne threats in crowded remote homes/healthcentres/schools = less TB etc www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

If visit Nail Salons, you must listen to this 4m item. Nail dust can be become airborne. Fungus & bacteria spread resulting in life threatening sepsis. Then there's VOCs www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

It’s going to be a while before a dagger eyes at a hovering HCW evokes a thought by them of “oops, I forgot to mask” instead of “what’s bugging that hypochondriac in the useless face nappy?” PH education is lacking

"What we're dealing with now is the direct consequence of having failed at the COVID-19 pandemic and refusing to reckon with that failure."

Visiting Community Nurse: "During COVID" NSW Health advised: - N95s only work for 6 min - Dispose of between patients She believes masks are useless & droplet dogma rules Yet she avoided C for yrs at work. Subsequently got it shopping. She de-masked when done once a few metres from me

New Silicone Coating May Curb Hospital Infections by preventing bugs from sticking to equipment Stops staff exposure to toxic cleaning products & reduces the chance of some strain of bug evolving to be immune to the disinfecting chemical www.miragenews.com/silicone-coa...

Covid was known to be airborne from day 1.

"We really need to start from a precautionary position ... and assume that [airborne transmission] is part of what's going on, and then we can back off as we get more evidence," @donmilton.bsky.social said.

Many are looking at the current Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak curve and concluding “this must be airborne now.” There is no good evidence for that. This most likely reflects delayed detection + surveillance catch-up, not a sudden change in Ebola transmission dynamics. 🧵

119 chemicals + human medicines detected in honey. One possible source? Sewage sludge spread on fields as fertiliser - which is treated to remove most pathogens but not chemicals + meds. @ceh.org @universityofleeds.bsky.social @fightingdirty.bsky.social share.google/trXhGuo7un0Z...

Exhibit #154,539 Why we keep yelling, angrily. (Exhibit #154,540 in next post) h/t @barryhunt008.bsky.social these are the CURRENT measures for ebola. Utterly, criminally negligent. Paging CPHO @jossreimer.bsky.social 🤬 #DropletDogmaKills www.canada.ca/en/public-he...

Trailblazing doctor, accessibility pioneer and former NSW Young Australian of the Year Nikhil Autar dies at the age of 32 A big loss www.9news.com.au/national/nik...

Dr Boffa: "We've had a very severe workforce crisis post COVID, & we're not out of that yet" re Oz diphtheria cases 30x any of recent years He didn't mean #CovidIsntOver, but he should have All compounded by the fact that C19 damages the immune system www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Brilliant initiative - this is exactly what schools need. At Clean Air Where we are working on the training side of this - helping staff understand why IAQ matters so the standards actually land. Excited to be part of this.

UK research: deprived communities in England face higher emissions of volatile organic compounds indoors. The air quality gap extends into our homes. go.corsirosenthalfoundation.org.uk/cQbCxUG #IndoorAirQuality #CleanAir #AirPollution

Aren’t you all glad you listened to the TV doctors and infected your kids with every virus going as much as humanly possible?

This person is wrong. N95 offers one or more orders of magnitude better source control. Also bacteria can transmit by aerosol — a virus is no problem. Sorry.

Thanks for posting. My own respiratory issues support this. Life is better staying virus free,but it requires masking in public. People who think masking is over the top probably haven’t cracked ribs from coughing as I have.

For anyone that still cares. Viral infections can predispose people to bacterial infections. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

Children breathe more air per kilogram of body weight than adults — and their lungs are still forming. Poor indoor air in schools affects health, concentration and attendance. Find out how we help. corsirosenthalfoundation.org.uk/schools #SchoolAirQuality #CleanAir

Dear @who.int Amoy. Gardens. Like. I. Said. No further evidence was required. Please apologise for the decision you made to not inform the public. Millions are dead. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/vir...

ASHRAE has a new infection control resources page, provided as a service to the public. A large library on engineering controls for a healthy indoor environment. www.ashrae.org/technical-re...

I still recall the relief I felt when I was told respirators would be used for C19, and then waking up to THAT TWEER from WHO saying it’s not airborne… and immediately having to start the fight to regain that protection that we had already painfully earned after SARS1.

Airborne microplastics warm the air about 16% as much as soot, per Nature Climate Change. Health impact looks small next to other indoor pollutants, but a HEPA filter still removes 99% of nanoparticles at home. #Microplastics #IndoorAirQuality #SustainableLiving #PlasticPollution

This means that in general, properties in Altadena showed higher lead concentrations than those in Pacific Palisades because the houses were older in the first community. A few houses showed lead levels 10 times or more the US EPA recommended limit. Many were above the limit.

You should read the article for the full results, but here are some key takeaways. First, lead contamination seems to be linked to average house age. Older houses had more lead paint, and their lots tended to have higher lead concentrations. Arsenic was not connected to house age.

Study: Intensive caregiving may accelerate cognitive decline "Onerous caring responsibilities reduce brain function for people aged 50 & over, whereas light caring duties can actually be beneficial to middle-aged & older people's mental abilities" www.news-medical.net/news/2026051...

WA Centre for National Resilience to be used to quarantine passengers "The centres were built with customised ventilation systems to prevent cross-contamination, as well as covered verandahs & separated stairways for safe movement and food delivery" www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

"climate change & bushfire smoke...making air quality a growing problem, & that checking air quality should be as normal as checking the weather forecast" Yet @AsthmaAustralia pushes puffers over true prevention: N95 outside & HEPA inside www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Reason for surge in antisemitism in Australia last few yrs, - Israel commits genocide & war crimes against Palestine - Some here deny above & defend Israel - Many find above inhumanity & denials, abhorrent & say so - Above’s often (not always) falsely labeled antisemitism The End

Study: link between air pollution & hospitalisation "links...pollution & neurological disorders like dementia...recommended banning wood heaters,...diesel vehicles & improving bushfire control to reduce cardio-respiratory hospital admissions" www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Andes Hantavirus is mildly 50% fatal It is mildly airborne Transmitting mildly from person to person within 15 mins from 6 feet away Andes Hantavirus is now mildly circulating the globe It mildly takes weeks to show symptoms, while mildly contagious the whole time We learned mildly nothing

Brazil: "Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have discovered that high-frequency ultrasound waves similar to those used in medical exams can eliminate viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and H1N1 without damaging human cells."

Air Pollution Tied to Poorer Post-Surgery Outcomes "elevation in PM2.5 air pollution in the week before surgery, even for 1 day...increased risk of major medical complications & infectious complications" N95 outdoors & HEPA inside before surgery? www.miragenews.com/air-pollutio...

The research discussed used patients who fit the ME/CFS-CCC. While the ME-ICC would be better, this looks to be a useful study. Glad to see it highlighted in a news story.

Impressive pic by ChatGPT Not so sure about the comments

"In Oz...250,000 people are living with ME/CFS, with women about twice as likely to live with the condition as men. ...the true figure of Australians with the condition was about 500,000 if people with long COVID who met the diagnosis criteria were included" www.abc.net.au/news/health/...

Dear quarantine organisers. Most of you try to stop the air moving… that’s really hard… Treat the air with filtration (and UV where appropriate) as well… that’s really easy.

Can houseplants really purify the air in your home? What the science actually says "houseplants can removesome pollutants, but they are not an effective standalone air-cleaning solution for homes" theconversation.com/can-housepla...