4rewa: protect - hands, filter, ventilation

summary | hands | air filters | ventilation | other viruses
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What can we do:
1) Free N95 and KN95 masks on-demand to anyone who requests them
2) Free covid tests on-demand to anyone who requests them
3) Free safe effective vaccines.
4) improved air filtration
5) Working from home and remote learning becomes a permanent accommodation
6) Designated shopping hours at super markets in which capacity is kept low and masking is mandated.
-- collated from several tweets
12 feb 2022

"A new @CDCMMWR study shows that people who reported always wearing masks or respirators in indoor public settings in California were less likely to test positive for COVID19 compared with those who reported not wearing a face covering. Learn more. https://t.co/T8gaqiPHyI https://t.co/6UJ9cs60NK"
Discussion, including a rebuttal article.
-- CDC  @CDCgov
5 feb 2022
https://mobile.twitter.com/CDCgov/status/1489675180242870278

Strong agreement with @ASlavitt. As I wrote: 1. Vax/boost 2. Mask/N95 if hi risk 3. Do what matters most to you, safely Safely: * Test * Ventilation/filtration * Limit travel, exposures * Rapid diagnosis/treatment * Distance *eel Support health care & public health in your community
Thread if replies explaining what is wrong with many of the points here: They are not enough, and are self-, not community-, centered. 
-- Dr. Tom Frieden   @DrTomFrieden
26 dec 2021
https://mobile.twitter.com/DrTomFrieden/status/1475099998773731334


E v e r y o n e is at high risk. Omicron transmissibility is off the charts. Any infection — even in vaxxed/boosted, even a “mild” case — can lead to debilitating #LongCovid and, Transmission=More Mutation. 
Stop Platitudes and Equivocating — N95 for all. 
#COVIDisAirborne
-- Portfolio Carmel   @PortfolioCarmel
26 dec 2021
https://mobile.twitter.com/PortfolioCarmel/status/1475138152654274563
  
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hands

Soap magic
https://imgur.com/gallery/hRSaubG

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air filters:

Can air purifiers filter out the coronavirus?
Yes.
https://smartairfilters.com/en/blog/can-air-purifiers-filter-out-the-coronavirus/

A Variation on the "Box Fan with MERV 13 Filter" Air Cleaner
22 aug 2020
Tex-Air Filters
https://www.texairfilters.com/a-variation-on-the-box-fan-with-merv-13-filter-air-cleaner/

Wearable Air Purifiers: What Are They & Do They Work?
No.
-- Tyler Vanzo
Smart Air
17 mar 2021
https://smartairfilters.com/en/blog/personal-necklace-air-purifier-review/


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ventilation:


"ONE SCHOOL REMAINED OUTBREAK FREE — incredible story how one elementary school in Brisbane Australia remained 100% free of COVID outbreaks amid Omicron wave — with simple changes to air ventilation & air disinfection! Read details below COVIDisAirborne https://t.co/oKaP2Mgy3L"
Thread outlining the process.
-- Eric Feigl-Ding
1 apr 2022
https://mobile.twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1509806224405057536

"Does anyone know why it is so much harder for people to understand/appreciate the importance of filtering pathogens in air over those in water?"
Good discussion. Including mention of 
"‘airpocolypses’ like India’s every October/November ..."
-- Kimberly Prather, Ph.D.  @kprather88
22 feb 2022
https://mobile.twitter.com/kprather88/status/1495955263035437058

'Aerosols can travel 10 metres, placement of fans crucial': Govt's new rules to curb Covid
"The office of principal scientific adviser also stated a crucial point that larger size of saliva and nasal discharge in the form of droplets fall to the ground and on surfaces, and smaller aerosol particles are carried in the air up to 10 metres."
20 may 2021
https://www.news18.com/amp/news/india/just-as-smell-ventilation-can-reduce-virus-too-what-govts-new-rules-to-combat-virus-tells-you-3756611.html

https://www.amazon.in/3M-converting-Purifier-Allergens-Indicators/dp/B082CYR4N7/
filters for A/C

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other viruses:

The common cold might protect you from coronavirus
"... its effect only lasts as long as the invading rhinovirus is in your body.
If you recover from a cold and then come into contact with SARS-CoV-2 a week later, it is unlikely you will have enough interferons to successfully block the SARS-CoV-2 infection."
-- Matthew James
Scroll.in
11 apr 2021
https://amp.scroll.in/article/991776/the-common-cold-might-protect-you-from-coronavirus

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