“The research, presented Monday at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting, found that a personalized mRNA vaccine halved the risk of melanoma returning after five years.” www.nbcnews.com/health/cance...

I’ve started a new dataviz project, to analyse detailed data on the current Ebola outbreak. I’ve integrated some of the detailed data that is being gathered by the DRC’s Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB) and collaborators under this amazing project: github.com/INRB-UMIE/Eb... 🧵

Re: fomite transmission, "...final step is contaminated hands touching nose, mouth or eyes...despite this assumption being at heart of global IPC policy...no satisfactory physical mechanism exists to explain how virus particles transfer from hands to..receptors in nasal cavity & respiratory tract"

A paradigm shift had occurred re: airborne transmission, that even those who’ve spent entire careers studying infectious disease are grappling with. This has far-reaching implications that don’t erase the importance of the other factors you’ve mentioned, rather what we know about how each behaves.

And yes, I know that study concludes aerosol transmission from lungs is uncertain but it was 2019, before the great leap in aerosol understanding catalyzed by SARS2. We know now - lung involvement--> exhaled infectious aerosols.

Also, "it was a new disease" is precisely the dangerously lame excuse that aerosol scientists have debunked. The laws of physics don't GAF what disease it is. NVM the Precautionary Principle spelled out so clearly in Canada's SARS1 Commission reports.

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And I'm still trying to follow whether those putting forth this argument believe this means N95s should be recommended (Of course they should - OMFG. Lack of availability, comfort, etc are bulls**t reasons. The science is the science. The rest is politics. Yes, FFS, we should fly planefuls to DRC)

We are at the: "I concede this disease causes humans to generate infectious aerosols, which infect other people who breathe them IN, but no infectious aerosols are breathed OUT by an infected patient" stage of the "I effed up SARS2 being airborne but still need to cover my a**" stage of the debate

Invasive mosquitoes and brain-swelling virus detected in B.C. "With climate change causing temperatures to rise, we may see an increase in our exposure to mosquitoes" toronto.citynews.ca/2026/06/01/i...

Re: fomite transmission, "...final step is contaminated hands touching nose, mouth or eyes...despite this assumption being at heart of global IPC policy...no satisfactory physical mechanism exists to explain how virus particles transfer from hands to..receptors in nasal cavity & respiratory tract"

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Let's check in on the real, physical world again: (Obviously, putting hands spattered in pathogen-containing fluids directly into another patients body a la Semmelweiss is bad! But touch transmission via intermediate object is much less likely. Need to revamp ALL of IPC!) bsky.app/profile/bean...

In light of this article that is creating more trauma for the community we recommend cultural feminist historian & ally Dr Elinor Cleghorn's words: Full video: www.longcovidadvoc.com/post/on-medi...

🚨🎯🧵from Dr. Raina MacIntyre aka @Globalbiosec on XTwitter, about recent Ebola & Marburg PPE guidelines: "The driving principle for PPE use should be the precautionary principle when case fatality is astronomically high, and no drugs or vaccines are available..." threadreaderapp.com/thread/20615...

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I’m finally graduating! It was a difficult journey doing a MA degree with #LongCOVID. My thesis examined the biopolitics of pandemic & Long COVID reporting in Canadian newspapers over time. I examined discourses of “vulnerability” and risk, and shared patient-informed reccs to improve LC reporting!

And yes, I know that study concludes aerosol transmission from lungs is uncertain but it was 2019, before the great leap in aerosol understanding catalyzed by SARS2. We know now - lung involvement--> exhaled infectious aerosols.

I think I need a T-shirt.

Cannot believe some people are now freakin' arguing ebola is airborne BUT not an airborne disease because it can't infect you if you inhale it.

I guess terminology is the issue here?But how is breating in aerosolised fomites not airborne, airborne describes the medium where the disease agent is transmitted - just like bloodborne, waterborne, foodborne - no matter what the source of the emission is. www.undrr.org/understandin...

oh, look! the 'Freedom 250' concert that no one wants to perform at is just another sleazy scam. Donny gets a slice of every corporate donation and every ticket sold. I know, you're SHOCKED. thank you for your attention to today's post, in which I lay it all out. link is here: bit.ly/49sEoGg

Brain retraining is pseudoscience garbage and wired should be ashamed of itself for publishing this crap.

We know now that we don't have to revisit the "is it airborne" debate for each disease, which actually makes designing mitigation easier!! The laws of physics apply, regardless of pathogen. We know now droplet/close contact = close range &/or long duration aerosol exposure.

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Turns out when we allow our provinces to destroy universities, it has an impact. www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/eco...

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Recently, source: the Journal of Hospital Infection, researchers examined how re‑configured ventilation systems can protect healthcare workers from airborne exposure on wards treating acute respiratory infections such as COVID19. @thejhi.bsky.social www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S019...

@ipaccanada.bsky.social is merely a registered charity. Their power is in their heads and the con they've pulled in the med field & on public. Demand that PHAC President Nancy Hamzawi, trained as chemical engineer, put these 🤡 in their place. Enough with their anti-science, anti-CSA bull💩.

This is the most dangerously nonsensical statement 😱 (she's quoting Rasmussen). Ebola patients produce inhalable infectious aerosols from respiratory actions, vomiting, diarrhea, blood spray. HCW produce them during cleaning. Look below for more evidence in a few min.

We need criminal charges laid against IPAC leaders, under Westray at least. I realize this isn't used much as most prosecutors don't care to understand the complexity (and we have a culture of putting the well-connected above the law), but it's right there and this is exactly what it's for.

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@ipaccanada.bsky.social is merely a registered charity. Their power is in their heads and the con they've pulled in the med field & on public. Demand that PHAC President Nancy Hamzawi, trained as chemical engineer, put these 🤡 in their place. Enough with their anti-science, anti-CSA bull💩.

Hearing attendees at IPAC Canada's national conference are so terrified of facing PPE standards that protect workers and patients instead of themselves, they're planning manipulation campaigns. The fact they won't *publicly* take ownership of their position says a lot about integrity. #medsky

The document linked below is a masterpiece laying out evidence for airborne ebola transmission AND showing all mistakes made along way. E.g., contact tracing forms that only consider droplet or contact--> epi studies that conclude not airborne--> deadly errors. bsky.app/profile/drin...

There should be zero job descriptions on the planet that require workers to regularly get infected. Zero. Working with communicable disease should equal PPE, including respirators, as well as hand hygiene etc.

Vomiting produces infectious aerosols that are inhaled. Ebola vomit --> ebola aerosols--> airborne transmission bsky.app/profile/bean...

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Institut Pasteur studied 13 newly diagnosed children with juvenile dermatomyositis and found all were SARS-CoV-2 antibody positive, with viral RNA detected in muscle biopsies from 2 Covid-era cases. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Fewer than 100 ppl set the airborne transmission doctrine that cascades through 65 million healthcare workers to affect every human on earth Each person at the WHO GDG level effectively holds epistemic authority over ~82 million people’s healthcare

Even the notion we need to revisit the "is it airborne" for every damn disease is proven WRONG. If there are droplets produced, there are always inhalable aerosols produced. Entire 🧵 of evidence: bsky.app/profile/bean...

Excellent commentary.

The laws of physics are the same no matter the disease. <<pauses to scream and throw pillow across room>>. And if you can't grasp that, then my god, precautionary principle dictates assume airborne and relax safety. Not kill people, conduct more studies, and years later say "oops".

This is the most dangerously nonsensical statement 😱 (she's quoting Rasmussen). Ebola patients produce inhalable infectious aerosols from respiratory actions, vomiting, diarrhea, blood spray. HCW produce them during cleaning. Look below for more evidence in a few min.

Serving the public is a privilege, not a right There is no right to be wrong Or to double down on being wrong About the Precautionary Principle Or to willfully deny airborne transmission of disease In any of its many forms And effectively deprive 8.2 billion ppl of proper protection /fin