Lots of interest in refining mode of transmission info, e.g., droplet vs aerosol. I will put that on the list of things we can look into and write about.
Improving indoor air quality isn't expensive or difficult. HVAC systems can upgrade to MERV13 filters elements, install in-duct UV-C disinfecting lights, increase outside air exchanges, portable HEPA filter units can be used for localized air treatment around infected individuals. The key is to get it codified in building codes.
I appreciate this info, and I look forward to the stand-alone website. Thank you for presenting mask use as a tool.
Regarding mode of transmission, is there an effort underway to revisit droplet dogma for a range of viruses?
I'm aware of some research on flu transmission, and I've seen a lit review indicating aerosol spread of Rhinovirus, but it looks like PH guidance is stagnant. The public can't reduce/prevent transmission if guidance from PH is inadequate, ambiguous, or wrong.
What does 'close contact' mean?
I see this phrase a lot from PH, but I don't think it's descriptive enough to help the public decrease spread.
Mode of transmission is my pet peeve. As a layperson, I shouldn't have to do a lit review to figure it out, nor should I have to carry skepticism about guidance coming from Mayo, CDC, and Cleveland Clinic. For example, I wore a mask to clean a Norovirus bathroom and bedding, even though I didn't see this guidance from PH sources. If we know that Norovirus is not airborne in the sense of exhalation, and yet airborne in the sense that vomiting and flushing can release particles into a space that linger for a time and can be inhaled, guidance should reflect that.
What can we do to help move the needle on stagnant guidance? How can we help to normalize more effective precautions?
Thank you for helping this non-sci reader become more sci literate. :)
75 and CVID, just last week tested positive for SARS C0vid. Many people here are told they have bronchitis like I was and not tested. Makes me wonder how many false diagnosis have been made out there.
Thank you for this article. I’ve been trying to figure out what virus my husband and I caught while traveling in August 2024 in the Pacific Northwest. It was almost exclusively lower respiratory. My husband recovered in about 10 days, but I remained very ill for many weeks, lost my sense of smell, became very short of breath, x-rays were completely clear, no fever, extreme difficulty breathing, antibiotics didn’t help, steroids and asthma meds helped a little, went to urgent care many times. Finally went to the ER and I was having a MINOCA probably due to spasming of the coronary arteries. BTW, tested negative for influenza and COVID. I wear a mask now whenever I travel or go to crowded spaces.
This was fascinating. I don’t know why I thought my age would protect me from many of these, just because I had already had so many. I’m thinking the bugs are going to win.
Lots of interest in refining mode of transmission info, e.g., droplet vs aerosol. I will put that on the list of things we can look into and write about.
Improving indoor air quality isn't expensive or difficult. HVAC systems can upgrade to MERV13 filters elements, install in-duct UV-C disinfecting lights, increase outside air exchanges, portable HEPA filter units can be used for localized air treatment around infected individuals. The key is to get it codified in building codes.
Are you sure these are all spread only by droplets and not aerosols?
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/airborne-disease-paradigm-shift?fbclid=IwY2xjawQuQvVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeNWUA0I0FtwwJweyvw-waJXyn_OQHvbuW5YkNHPuJakAQ09YwClDwNhOJQRE_aem_VqF2unKGZTsTJlkk_9QUag
Conventional wisdom is droplet but you’re right to make that point, conventional wisdom did not serve us well in the early months of the pandemic.
This article is great! A definite save. Thank you so much!
What a great article.
Thank you for this fantastic article. It is very helpful!
I appreciate this info, and I look forward to the stand-alone website. Thank you for presenting mask use as a tool.
Regarding mode of transmission, is there an effort underway to revisit droplet dogma for a range of viruses?
I'm aware of some research on flu transmission, and I've seen a lit review indicating aerosol spread of Rhinovirus, but it looks like PH guidance is stagnant. The public can't reduce/prevent transmission if guidance from PH is inadequate, ambiguous, or wrong.
What does 'close contact' mean?
I see this phrase a lot from PH, but I don't think it's descriptive enough to help the public decrease spread.
Thank you.
Mode of transmission is my pet peeve. As a layperson, I shouldn't have to do a lit review to figure it out, nor should I have to carry skepticism about guidance coming from Mayo, CDC, and Cleveland Clinic. For example, I wore a mask to clean a Norovirus bathroom and bedding, even though I didn't see this guidance from PH sources. If we know that Norovirus is not airborne in the sense of exhalation, and yet airborne in the sense that vomiting and flushing can release particles into a space that linger for a time and can be inhaled, guidance should reflect that.
What can we do to help move the needle on stagnant guidance? How can we help to normalize more effective precautions?
Thank you for helping this non-sci reader become more sci literate. :)
75 and CVID, just last week tested positive for SARS C0vid. Many people here are told they have bronchitis like I was and not tested. Makes me wonder how many false diagnosis have been made out there.
Thank you for this article. I’ve been trying to figure out what virus my husband and I caught while traveling in August 2024 in the Pacific Northwest. It was almost exclusively lower respiratory. My husband recovered in about 10 days, but I remained very ill for many weeks, lost my sense of smell, became very short of breath, x-rays were completely clear, no fever, extreme difficulty breathing, antibiotics didn’t help, steroids and asthma meds helped a little, went to urgent care many times. Finally went to the ER and I was having a MINOCA probably due to spasming of the coronary arteries. BTW, tested negative for influenza and COVID. I wear a mask now whenever I travel or go to crowded spaces.
This was fascinating. I don’t know why I thought my age would protect me from many of these, just because I had already had so many. I’m thinking the bugs are going to win.
Thank you.