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@SusanDavidsonM2

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Professional engineer (coastal/ocean), addicted to salt water. Applied fluid dynamics. Science over politics. #WearARespirator , filter ๐Ÿ’จ and ventilate!

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3 years
@beansprouts_mom @climatelauren I think the BC public has moved well past that " 2ยฐ would be quite nice" stage, but now our problems lie with government technical capacity and politicized management. We went through a period starting in the mid 90s when federal and prov govts focused on cutting deficits. 1/?
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10 months
Smoke alarm inspector just came by. Asked him to wear a mask, gave him an earloop N95. He didn't unfold it, put a loop over one ear and held the other loop up against his face. Said he was "wearing it". Sigh. Should I complain to his employer?
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I'm still baffled by the response I got from the organizer of my Sept high-school reunion: ...no Covid protocols in place...probably best you don't come...I am choosing to live my life without fear...unless I want to live in a bubble, I will continue to live my life as "normal"
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Do people know how insulting it is to not #MaskUp around other people? Wearing a mask is like saying: I know that SARS2 is airborne. I know that I might be infected and not have symptoms. I care about the health of people around me, as well as those that might be here later.
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So.... I was steeling myself to attend an in-person seminar tomorrow with a bunch of unmasked academics. Expecting to be the only one masked up (engineers really should know better). Email this morning: Seminar postponed. Covid.
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@KellyBC4 @KP_MD2018 @CatherineEPDoc @WestJet Sigh. As an engineer, I also thought my field would be way past this by now. I mean, it was what we few women engineers went through regularly back in the 80's. Not enough has changed is what the young women engineers tell me now though.
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Just ran into my neighbour in the hallway - they are a manager at a local community + aquatic centre. Took one look at me and said "Good thing you are wearing a mask still, we are in another Covid wave now. I can tell by how many staff are off sick and how empty the centre is"
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2 years
Sigh. Mask efficiency and virus transmission are largely in the domain of engineering and applied physics. In these fields, RCTs are basically the lowest level of evidence, not the best.
@Metadoc
Paul Hunter
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2 years
Not all evidence is equally valid. When we develop guidelines there is a hierarchy of evidence that we have to follow. Systematic reviews of RCTs are the best evidence.
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@StochasticUltra Ventilation (confirmed by CO2 monitoring). Local air filtering (CR boxes, commercial HEPA, whatever) - lots of them to reduce near-field transmission risk. -ve RAT (since PCR is hard to get) for admission to event (supply tests at door) Promotion of mask-wearing with free N95s
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3 months
"Most" people survive a polio infection without adverse long term health effects. Just like "most" people survive car accidents, major earthquakes, floods, droughts, etc. Thankfully, we don't base health and safety precautions on a simple majority outcome.
@DcrInYYC
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@DcrInYYC
3 months
The other question you should ask is why has the term "most" become acceptable? Do you hear that about malaria? Do you hear that about dengue fever? Do you hear that about even lice? Do you see newspapers continuously running propaganda talking about how "most" people will
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@fitterhappierAJ Frankly, I don't have the expertise to differentiate between these two opinions. However, I do have the expertise to apply the precautionary principle. That means mitigating risks in the absence of clear science. So...Long Covid = bad, no matter how long it lasts for. #MaskUp
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2 years
It's not a philosophical discussion. It's a well- proven safety measure used for many decades in many environments. It's not a cost issue. Implement, make freely available to all, and count up the healthcare and absenteeism savings. It's simple. #BringBackMasks SCHOOLS FIRST!
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2 years
A question for PH professionals and MDs advising patients: What are the liability and ethical implications of advising people to "do your own risk assessment" without providing them with the necessary tools, data and information to do so?
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Dr. Brian Goldman
@NightShiftMD
2 years
The lifting of mask mandates DOES NOT MEAN โ€œtake off your mask.โ€ It means wear one if you choose. Do your own risk assessment. Know if there are #Omicron outbreaks where you live.
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@SusanDavidsonM2
10 months
Let me add a comparison here, for context, and encourage others to add more. If you owned waterfront property and there was a 3% chance your house would get flooded each year, NO ONE would buy waterfront property. Although they would be really cheap. But not insurable.
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I have spent my entire academic career working on probability theory, and, I'm telling you, a 3% probability of Long Covid does not mean "rare", it means "wear a mask"
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10 months
@1goodtern Sigh. For a moment I thought it was about the weather.
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11 months
I've become so cynical about Public Health management in BC that I now think that this group donned masks ONLY for the photo op.
@adriandix
Adrian Dix
@adriandix
11 months
Our government continues to expand out long-term care services in #BC . By building a new 200-bed home w/ @Providence_Hlth @Northern_Health people in #CityofPG will have more access to compassionate & dignified care as they age. @MLA_Sandhu @shirleybond
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3 years
As a professional engineer who understands fluid dynamics, particle transport, filtering, risk assessment and mitigation, cost analysis, supply limitations, etc.... I strongly disagree with Bonnie Henry on this โฌ‡๏ธ
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2 years
@CBCNews I'm confused. If Canada had indeed avoided a severe Covid-19 wave this winter, I would expect to see the rate of increase in excess deaths level off. I'm still waiting.
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Jens von Bergmann
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Excess mortality estimates up to the end 2022 got released today, here is the obligatory updated graph.
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3 years
@v_e_e_e_e Another engineer. I wear my N95 from leaving home until returning when i go out to do errands. Portable HEPA filters at home and office, although still WFH. Don't take transit since mask mandate dropped. No indoor dining for me.
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@StochasticUltra Which is far, far less than the costs that would be incurred by only a single person getting Long Covid. Or a single person needing hospitalization for an acute infection.
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@StochasticUltra Wasn't given the opportunity to discuss safety measures. Told outright there would be none. They expect something like 100 attendees. I certainly could contribute significantly but not cover 100% of the costs for all. Costs roughly equivalent to cost of one drink per person.
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@arghavan_salles Pretty much the same in engineering. I organized a panel discussion about 5 years ago on the topic - panel was 3 women and one man. Each of the women had numerous stories of unfair treatment b/c of gender. The one man said that he had never experienced any of the prejudice we had
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2 months
I don't think many people outside of BC know how bad it is here. No, we don't have access to PCR tests. Even many hospital patients are refused. Same for Paxlovid. Nope, not eligible! Unless of course you are a politician. Sick? Sure, go to work without a mask!
@beansprouts_mom
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@MaxDashu Yep. And I'm so tired of trying desperately to clean up after the mess made by public health officials. Where I live, doctors can work with COVID. Regional CMOH gleefully reported their lawyer said it's ok. Kids can go to school with COVID.
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11 months
@ianhanomansing There is a simple solution to this. In the near future, plan a show that focuses on two issues: 1. Covid is airborne. We know this. Here is a qualified expert. Here are the mitigations ( @OSPE_CEO ) 2. How bad is the pandemic now? Here is an expert - @MoriartyLab
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Ian Hanomansing
@ianhanomansing
11 months
One last post about something I wrote yesterday before I put down my phone, enjoy the rest of my day off and get ready for Halloween. Why did I post? Because a lot of people were tagging me on X about a 60 Minutes story and questioning my integrity. That matters to me. What
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1 year
@a_longhurst I would also expect significant cost increases in extended medical, life insurance, and business overhead expense payment plans. Also workers' compensation rates, and probably also liability insurance costs as people make more mistakes.
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1 year
Silly me. I thought it was the responsibility of reporters to investigate, identify the facts around an issue, and point out errors and faulty assumptions. Not just throw out anything that doesn't support public health policy as an "entrenched" opinion.
@ianhanomansing
Ian Hanomansing
@ianhanomansing
1 year
The volume of replies to my Covid coverage tweet yesterday - both number and tone - doesn't surprise me. Though magnified by this platform, it likely shows the challenge public health officials will be dealing with this fall. Polarized, entrenched points of view.
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7 months
Why did I continue to mask in public places once mandates were removed? Because there was clear evidence of long-term damage to various organs after a C19 infection, even for the fully-vaxed. Uncertainty around the extent of damage is a clear signal to maintain safety measures.
@a_longhurst
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7 months
Why do I mask? Mounting research shows that COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain, including with significant drops in IQ scores
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2 years
@HallwayOrchard @nb_covid_info Why do Public Health professionals not have the same legal requirements as engineers to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public? And why is there apparently no legal liability for their failure to do so?
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1 year
@joeolivermd ๐Ÿ’ฏ%. Access to better Covid information is what got me started using twitter. IIRC, it was a CBC interview with @linseymarr - maybe she mentioned that was the best way to stay up to date? My professional colleagues unfortunately tend to view it like FB, i.e. not for science.
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10 months
@k_urb1 You should check your assumptions. There's science on that! Even our CMOH recommended respirators during smoke season.
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2 years
@Billius27 An intensive and focused public education/ communication campaign from PH explaining the need for masking and where to get free N95s (snuck in two)
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8 months
Think about it. 27 M dead. Just imagine how many of those deaths could have been prevented if public health and IPAC MDs had listened to aerosol scientists, engineers and occupational hygienists.
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Mark Ungrin
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@Anna16892776 That's the pandemic, right there. Little or no subject matter expertise or advanced research training. Just the idea that an MD plus an ego is enough to make you a #1 scientist (and an engineer, and an OH&S expert, and...). Produce crap and take it straight to policy. 27M dead.
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1 year
There must be something wrong with me. Everywhere I go recently-grocery stores, banks, bookstore, art galleries, museum, office, etc - I am almost the only one N95-ed. Oops, should I be the same as everyone else? Nope. Giving many impromptu C19 safety lectures instead. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜ท
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COVID-19: Calls grow for people to switch to N95 masks in B.C.
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COVID-19: Calls grow for people to switch to N95 masks in B.C.

VICTORIA โ€” A growing number of health-care experts are demanding the province upgrade to using N95 masks in all health-care settings and are encouraging members of the public to do the same.Last โ€ฆ

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@ESteinhardt @shesbonky @kbphotos I gradually let my hair go white when I was 50ish. Then people started insisting I take their seat on the bus. So I died my hair blue. Let it go white again since I've been working from home. But want to go back to the office again so am unsure what to do. Ageism is real.
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This โฌ‡๏ธ seems to be a HUGE problem impacting public health management in North America. Decion-makers: We're not testing wastewater for H5N1 because we don't know what to do next if we get positive results. 1/2
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@Teheimar They say it will only add to the confusion because we won't know where it is coming from.
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1 month
Everyone who uses our roads, whether in or on a vehicle or not, is at risk of some kind of accident. You could say everyone know this. Or that accident rates are high. THAT DOESNT MEAN THAT TRAFFIC RULES ARE NO LONGER VALID They are safety measures just like Covid precautions
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Gabrien Gregory
@GabrienGregory
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Iโ€™m currently going through COVID after the DNC. For a claim the DNC didnโ€™t care: everyone attending knew the risk & increase in cases. Weโ€™re at risk every day. The good news? Dems get vaccinated & boosted. Thereโ€™s a level of herd immunity. If high risk, be safe. Get vaccinated.
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2 years
@NatashaFatah @jvipondmd Thank you for saying what so many of us think, so eloquently. It is indeed a pandemic of misinformation from those who are supposed to be our leaders and responsible for the greater good.
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1 year
Hmm. What's coming next? We thought it was important, since no one seemed to be getting sick after swimming, that we have a period where swimmers could enjoy swimming pools without having to smell or taste chlorine in the water?
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chantzy
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"We felt it was important during this period, where COVID cases were relatively lower, that we have a period where doctors and nurses and health-care workers and people could see each otherโ€™s faces, and that has value,โ€ ๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿคฏ
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10 months
@MakisMD Seriously? You're an MD? Have you heard of aerosol transmission? Certified respirators?
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2 years
@namshine @Lisawedmann I agree. It's the messaging that Public Health is giving out, and senior PH officials and politicians are modelling with all their unmasked indoor appearances in media. I went to Whole Foods on Sunday morning. I was the only customer wearing a mask, along with one staff member.
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1 year
@drsajumathew Of course yes. It's only logical. N95 or better - get rid of the baggy blues.
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@amandalhu I remember being baffled in the summer of 2020 when safety measures first started being removed. It seemed like virus spread was decreasing due to the effectiveness of those measures, and just when progress was being made... Bam! We stopped.
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@JuliaMWrightDal Exactly. The only threat they are aware of is immediate death from the acute phase. Which the risk of has indeed been reduced significantly by vaxes.
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@ElaineCarol3 I read through the comments so I can block anyone who claims that Long Covid is a vax injury. I'm not denying that there are vax injuries, but Long Covid is far, far, far more common. Conflating the two is, ironically, also implying that the vax trials (RCTs) were way wrong.
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This is the opposite of science. It is the total opposite of the precautionary principle. โ€œWe need to be able to give some data that supports what we keep saying transmission in schools is low,โ€ Henry wrote. Decision- based evidence making. ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅโฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธ
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@DFisman I have been struggling to comprehend DBH's approach to covid management for well over a year now. Surely her primary objective should be to protect public health? She seems more concerned with minimizing the disruptions to our lifestyle than protecting our actual lives.
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@criprights @indehisce Replace public health MDs in management positions with professional engineers experienced in risk assessment and mitigation, who are also mandated by law to hold paramount the protection of the health of the public. Add occupational hygienists to the team.
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Don't prosecute the past? That's equivalent to saying that we want no liability, professional or worse, for our past errors, omissions, negligence, etc. ๐Ÿคฏ There should be responsibility for actions. #ProsecuteThePast @Mark_Ungrin @sameo416 @beansprouts_mom @jmcrookston
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Yet BC isn't going to give me an MMR from Public Health unless I have my titres checked first. I was born before 1970 (BC's cutoff date) and have never had an MMR vaccine. Make BC PH make sense!!!!! โฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธ
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RJ MacDonald MD ๐Ÿšดโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ„๐Ÿป๐ŸŽพ
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Unpopular practical POV โฌ‡๏ธ WE CANNOT CHECK EVERYONEโ€™S MEASLES TITRES. IT WILL BANKRUPT THE SYSTEM AND TIE UP LAB TIME AND VALUABLE PERSONNEL. I f you think a patient may be vulnerable - vaccinate them.
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I'm really embarrassed by a politician in this province who believes that facts are "outrageous personal attacks". Or that our CMOH should not be responsible for their own words and actions. Surely the job of the CMOH should include giving the public accurate information?
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@Prof_FSultana @piffilicious @DeondreSmiles Also, please consider bringing a portable HEPA filter unit or CR box with you to class, and position it close to you. Check the outlets to make sure you can plug it in - the battery powered units tend to be less effective (but still better than nothing).
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@frozen @jjhorgan I think he's changed the definitions for both " outbreak" and "mild". Seriously.
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@nursekelsey Thanks for this. It's important for adults too - especially for openwater swimmers. Always wear a pink or orange cap!
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Maybe it's time for another round of "If we did engineering this way". I'll start. If we did engineering this way, we'd remove speed limits from roads and then prepare for more crashes by opening more auto repair shops. Next?
@Protect_BC
Protect Our Province BC
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2 years
LIVE TWEET THREAD๐Ÿงต: Adrian Dix says they've been "preparing for fall respiratory illness season". He doesn't mention doing anything that might LIMIT the spread of airborne infections like #COVID19 - it sounds like the province's preparations were limited to more air ambulances.
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@anenigma420 At first I thought it was just a response based on ignorance. But then I got more upset as I realized it was also mean and selfish.
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Somehow I doubt that BH has a CO2 meter in her pocket that she is secretly consulting in order to assess ventilation status. Big air volume doesn't always mean good ventilation/filtration. How frequently is the air being exchanged with fresh air and/or filtered?
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Apparently, covid is airborne unless you're drinking your morning coffee in an airport. (It also might not be airborne if you're being interviewed by fawning media.)
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@64dee Actually no, I wouldn't say so. I would say that their comments and lack of actions wrt Covid-19 safety measures at the upcoming event reflect mainstream public views. Mainstream views that are a direct consequence of Public Health misinformation and failure to educate the public
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Also, when did it become a patient's responsibility to ensure healthcare workers have a safe workplace? That's the employer's responsibility, not the patient's. Masking protects more than the wearer. #MaskUp
@MLS_Dave
David Christopher ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿฅผ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ
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1 year
So some of these hospitals are saying "Our healthcare workers will put on a mask if you want them to" & what kind of bullsh*t is that? I mean when did it become a patient's responsibility to ask a healthcare professional to help keep them safe from a pathogenic respiratory virus?
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@BowinnMa Bowinn, it's not politeness, manners, or empathy that drives mask-wearing. It's applied science. It's using the precautionary principle to protect oneself AND others. Please review your responsibilities under the Code of Ethics.
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Yes, the probability of dying from an acute SARS-COV-2 infection (p1) has decreased since vaxes were developed. BUT the probability of infection (p2) has increased dramatically since all NPIs were removed. Risk = p1*p2 has increased! Let alone the #LongCovid hazard....
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#LongCOVID may be nothing unique in the future โ€“ but its effects today are still very real. The current risk of infection is low, but a lot of people are still suffering after getting #COVID19 early in the pandemic, by @GidMK via @guardian @clicjf
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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Calling all Canadians ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ I can't think of a better time to sign this petition. Why hasn't it reached 50,000 signatures yet? #COVIDisAirborne #BringBackMasks
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@DrZedZha There is also the "special attitude". Like when I ask a specific question, often a bit technical, looking for further information. And get the response "Don't worry, you'll be fine." I was looking for information, not a pat on the head.
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@sarperotto @JaneWin18032569 @bad_batch_rex @corman_irene I want to use words that I would run the risk of being professionally sanctioned for using. Instead I will retweet and share: @PoPBC @PennyDaflos @beansprouts_mom @a_longhurst @DrFiliatrault @DrKarinaZeidler @rdumont99 @MoriartyLab Please spread this info!
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Wearing a mask also says: I care about the impacts on society and the economy of an unmitigated pandemic. I know that we can do better. I understand science and the precautionary principle. Please add to this list! #WearARespirator
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Does anyone know why the test positivity information has been removed from the BC C19 Regional Surveillance Dashboard? I found the map really useful as it showed a sub-regional breakdown of the positivity rates for publicly funded tests.
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@sameo416 Alternate translation: we needed to make the issue of airborne transmission seem really, really complicated and a matter of serious scientific debate. Otherwise it would look like we were misleading the public and interfering with the health and safety of the public.
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I keep getting asked "how do I do a Covid risk assessment for myself as recommended by public health"? My answer: "without decent data, you can't". โฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธ
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How the hell do we respond to what will likely be the biggest drop in life expectancy in Canada in 100 years without timely data? We're asleep at the wheel, and seem just fine with that.
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@sameo416 @lisa_iannattone Why haven't the ID and PH people figured out how masks work yet? The principles of filtration are pretty basic. And even for those ๐Ÿฆ• still clinging to droplet dogma, surely they realize that wearing a mask would reduce the level of virus ejected by an infected person?
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@j_pagsy @twpiggott Extended professional liability for MDs that practice in the public health field, to include responsibility to the public as well as individual patients. You know, liability like engineers and geoscientists already have.
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And which team will be healthiest for the Olympics? The Canadians, travelling with no airborne virus safety protocols in place during an ongoing pandemic.....
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Devin Heroux
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Good morning sports fans The Canadian Olympic swim team has left for France. Theyโ€™ll spend the next 10 days at a staging camp in Caen. Iโ€™ll be joining them in a couple of days. Itโ€™s getting real now folks. Going to chug a cereal bowl of coffee. It begins.
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@sameo416 @ianhanomansing And @ianhanomansing , if you do decide that responding to concerns expressed by professional engineers is beneath you, please remember that we have professional obligations to prioritize the protection of the public. That includes the health of the public.
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@RageSheen Thanks for this amazing thread. I've been thinking about the differences between cultures that admire those who accumulate goods, and cultures that admire those who give goods away. Hadn't thought about sights and experiences as the same thing as accumulating goods.
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๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ "Civilization would collapse" if people wore masks in public and tested before gatherings with friends and family?
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Bonnie Henry: โ€œWe are in a very different place than we were even a year ago with the high level of immunity and the exposure to the virus that we've had, and the virus itself has changed to where it's much more transmissible but doesn't cause severe illness.โ€ The data: โฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธ
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@MerlinofCanada @bad_batch_rex @adriandix @jjhorgan Easy to know which year BC Government eased restrictions designed to protect citizens from COVID-19.
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Why does public health rely so strongly on assumptions when we have readily-available mitigations? โฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธ It's baffling. And frustrating. Against the precautionary principle. And much worse.
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Juanita Jackson ๐ŸŒป#๐ŸŸฆ
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@DrGorfinkel Born before 1970 and my doctor recommended two doses. She was clear about not โ€œassumingโ€ anything anymore. She just said โ€œget themโ€.
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@michaelsharmapa @sameo416 @itjohnstone @vicenteegm I've never heard one single engineer claim to have that medical expertise. We are trained to practice within our limits. Yet the number of MDs making statements about aerosol behaviour and mask efficacy is astounding. Even when the study methodologies are so obviously flawed.
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@lucyveepee @DrFahadRazak So how many infections does it take to achieve that "heightened" immunity? Obviously 2 or 3 aren't enough. Where oh where is the logic?
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@germfreegangsta Yes, when: -I'm just in transit between two indoor places. Why bother removing my respie for only a few minutes? -in crowded outdoor spaces -when I can't predict whether or not I will come into close contact with others. Note that relative wind is important in defining "close".
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@RevivalCare @fitterhappierAJ @OhBeing @DavidSteadson plotted it for us:
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@NightShiftMD @sameo416 I beg to differ. Analogies from the vast world of engineering are very appropriate. Why? Because engineers' first duty of care is to the health, safety and welfare of the public. And because the precautionary principle is fundamentally embedded in engineering practice.
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@PHealthGnome I'm agreeing with many of the comments on this post. I don't know what this means either. And guess what? I work in applied fluid dynamics and particle dynamics. Maybe the OP is confusing the processes leading to transmission with the dosage needed for infection? ๐Ÿค”
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Ohhh, I have questions! 1. Are there any studies showing that hybrid immunity provides better protection against C19 infection than immunity gained via vaxes? 2. Are there any studies showing that the benefits of any immunity gained via the "hybrid" route outweigh the risks? 1/
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As fall approaches, B.C.โ€™s top doctor is encouraging people to plan ahead for a so-called triple threat of respiratory illnessesโ€”influenza, RSV and COVID-19.
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@NightShiftMD I'm with @sameo416 and @jasmith_yorku . Was going to say ๐Ÿ’ฏ, but we are engineers and we know that there is never zero risk! Insider joke? It has become more than clear during this pandemic that most people do not have the skills to undertake personal risk assessments.
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@navneetverma198 @AbraarKaran Navneet, it's all about probabilities. If only 3 out of every 1000 people* die in car accidents per year, does that mean we should do away with speed limits? Or that those 3 were your friends? Or that none of your friends will ever die in a car accident? *I guessed numbers
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@frozen I guess Bonnie is indeed special, in that she can measure CO2 concentration (as an indicator of fresh air ventilation) and virus particles in the air, all without any type of instrumentation..... Or maybe she ran around inspecting the HVAC filtration system in the building first?
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@MichaelSchwandt Michael-that is absolute speculation with no basis in fact as far as I can see. It's been said elsewhere-many of the people protesting BH's acceptance of that prize are women who have been fighting for better health care, equity and fairness in this province. You can add me.
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Here's my revised, shorter summary: MASKS DON'T WORK WHEN NOBODY WEARS THEM! Yes, I'm yelling. Maybe someone in BC PH will hear? Okay, I'm being sarcastic now. In danger of being unprofessional.
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Dr. Bonnie Henry on 2023/01/13: "Wearing masks is not going to make a tremendous difference in the transmission of these viruses." Public health has lost the plot.
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@jvipondmd Hmm. I was just reading about the annual UBC Homecoming events. Starting tomorrow, for one week. There are lots of free events and museums are free. "It all culminates in thousands of UBC alumni and friends returning to campus on Saturday" Nope. Not this year.
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Why haven't any of our governments implemented free N95 distribution programs? Totally embarrassing for CDN Public Health when these programs were implemented in the US years ago!
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Julia M Wright AIRBORNE @juliamwright.bsky.social
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@stanigator @SusanDavidsonM2 @HedyFry Surely given the cost of paxlovid, understaffed healthcare systems, hospitalizations (incl. hospital-acquired infections), and lost days of work for everyone who gets sick, not to mention long COVID, this could be enormously cost-effective--as well as support everyone's health.
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@BCChildrensHosp @beansprouts_mom @DavidWa59907969 @Fraserhealth @CAPPEM2 Please provide the evidence as supporting your statement dismissing aerosol transmission in health-care settings. Recent scientific publications (reviewed, published) and/or reports signed and sealed by the appropriate qualified professionals would be adequate. Recent = > 2020
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So, I'm on the Seabus during morning commute times for the first time in a very long time. Less than 10% of passengers are #MaskUp and I'm the only #WearARespie . This is despite the severe hazard rating for BC Hey MLA @BowinnMa how about lobbying for a "mask required" section?
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For decades afterwards we were told "Oh but he was an exception, not the rule. Mental illness, not misogny". Yet I have many stories about both explicit and implicit misogyny in the engineering world. Didn't feel free to share most of them until the last few years.
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From The Montreal Massacre To The Van Attackโ€”Why Canโ€™t We Say โ€˜Misogynyโ€™?
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@SusanDavidsonM2
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Consequences. Well, here's one: Covid is transmitted via aerosols = knowledge-based decision. Covid is transmitted via droplets and fomites = political policy-based decision. Which system do you prefer? All this is just my opinion, of course (some degree of sarcasm) End.
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@SusanDavidsonM2
1 year
@michaelsharmapa @DaliessioVince @sameo416 And medicine cannot explain how the virus travelled from one person to another and what the best ways to reduce transmission are. Particularly for airborne and waterborne viruses. Hint: it's not cleaning surfaces.
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@SusanDavidsonM2
9 months
This is very much a core problem here in BC. When all the public health communications have claimed SARS2 is transmitted via droplets, not aerosols, masks don't really work, hybrid immunity is best, etc. It's much harder to undo fallacies than to provide correct info at first.
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9 months
Mandating masks without explaining why they are effective, and why it mattered, has been a big mistake of our gvts. Mandates come and go, knowledge stays. #CovidIsntOver #MasksInHealthcare
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@SusanDavidsonM2
2 months
I'm going to rewrite that headline for them: Women realized during the stay-home phase of the pandemic that their feet stopped hurting. High heels are out.
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@AcrossTheMersey
2 months
COVID lockdowns may have caused women to develop flatter feet. No additional comment.
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@SusanDavidsonM2
2 years
@sarperotto @rdumont99 @JaneWin18032569 @bad_batch_rex @corman_irene @popbc @PennyDaflos @beansprouts_mom @a_longhurst @DrFiliatrault @DrKarinaZeidler @MoriartyLab It's a great loss when it comes to valuable data. We can't accurately assess the frequency and impact of reinfections (anecdotally they seem quite common in the Omicron era) without data. You can't manage or mitigate what you don't measure.
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@SusanDavidsonM2
1 year
@chantz_y Not having to constantly think about Covid risk assessment and personal safety measures to mitigate risks. That should be the job of Public Health, not my responsibility. But sigh, it is. At least if I want to protect my personal health and that of those I come into contact with.
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@SusanDavidsonM2
8 months
@KRaymerBishop I called my local pharmacist last week to ask exactly that question. No MMR vax available when I was a child! Pharmacist looked some stuff up and said that anyone born before 1970 has "natural immunity". Huh? I don't think I had measles or mumps when I was young.
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