“Over the next year, the team will undertake further work to begin to understand why real human saliva provides an advantage to aerosol survival for Neisseria meningitidis.”
No need to wait for results.
If you are dealing with infectious aerosol, wear a #respie.
#LongCOVIDAwarenessDay
Learning to wear a #respie when out and about seems like a big ask… but once you get in the habit, you hardly think about it at all.
Prevention is still the best option. You’ll not miss your energy, tastebuds, ability to concentrate etc… until it is gone.
Importantly.
This paper does not investigate close range transmission.
One should always be in a respirator when in close range to a patient, and I think that that will always be the best “engineering” solution for that situation. Using PPE designed for the job. #Respie
Just saw a gentleman in a KN95 black bifold mask in Bunnings.
Looking sharp and smart. 😷 #Respie
Close contact = *includes* infectious aerosol unless *proven* otherwise.
Respiratory symptoms happen. Protect your airways. Wear a #respie. #Nipah
College often involves congregate settings like dorms, lecture theatres, buses etc.
Without a #respie and air filtration… this sounds about right.
California Departme.. @CAPublicHealth X.com Traveling for the holidays? Stay well on your way by wearing a high-quality mask like an N95 in crowded indoor spaces like airports and planes. Also wash your hands frequently, cover your cough or sneeze, and avoid traveling if you're sick. And a picture of a man in a respirator wearing a backpack to indicate travel.
Yes. The message is finally getting out.
#Respie
#SaferAir at venues.
#WearAMask
#Respie
#ProtectPerformers
In case you are wondering if it’s a good idea to wear a #respie and use proper PPE when caring for undifferentiated patients in the emergency department….
You think some staff might lose some sleep tonight in Italy? #MedSky #Marburg
Wear a #respie *before*, during and after your “winter bug”… because there are lots of them, and the next one is waiting.
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Yep.
Unbelievable
Always my #Respie 😷
Because #CovidisNotOver
So far x3 Aust-Europe safely!
You are sick often, because you aren't doing anything to prevent yourself getting sick often.
That's all there is to it.
Simple.
And there are solutions.
#Respie #SaferAir #Vaccines
Then I woke up and realised that if I went back to work in emergency medicine… this would almost certainly be a reality.
It’s a nightmare. #Respie
#MedSky
Virus transmission was interrupted by stopping injections and by isolation of patients in their villages. Use of protective clothing and respirators, strict isolation of patients, and careful disposal of potentially contaminated excreta and fomites will almost certainly prevent future major outbreaks. The virus is probably rarely transmitted by infectious aerosols, although infection via large droplets remains a possibility.
Recommending respirator use in Ebola outbreaks since 1978...
WHO Bulletin 1978.
If you suspect or can't rule out infectious aerosol transmission... #Respie
This write up is excellent. Ebola and its effect on the lung. Includes an experiment description that demonstrated EBOV transmission indirectly from pigs to macaques.
Pls wear a #Respie at least when caring for Ebola patients.
www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/11...
If there is even a question mark over the role of infectious aerosol, at close range or otherwise…
#Respie at a minimum.
#SaferAir
#MedSky
No. Your exposure in the community is not as hazardous as your exposure at work if you are seeing patients with infectious diseases.
Frequency. Pathogens. Proximity. Procedures.
Use PPE at work… for you, and your patients. #Respie Don’t catch it all, and definitely don’t spread it all.
Who knew.....? ⬇️
Because #CovidisNotOver
Wear a #Respie
#auspol
Medscape Medical News Long COVID Hitting Doctors and Nurses Hard David Brzostowicki September 03, 2025
Day 2️⃣6️⃣6️⃣ and I continue to #CallForPublicHealthAction with friends outside the 🇨🇦 🇸🇪 🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇲 parliaments for the right to cleaner air, vaccines, evidence-based infection control, public education, and healthcare and biomedical research for #LongCovid and #MECFS
#PandemicContinues
#StopTheSpread
#Respie
Day 2️⃣6️⃣5️⃣ and I continue to #CallForPublicHealthAction with friends outside the 🇨🇦 🇸🇪 🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇲 parliaments for the right to cleaner air, vaccines, evidence-based infection control, public education, and healthcare and biomedical research for PostCovid and ME/CFS!
#ShowYouCare
#respie
Day 2️⃣3️⃣4️⃣ and I continue to #CallForPublicHealthAction with friends outside the 🇨🇦 🇸🇪 🇩🇪 🇬🇧 parliaments for the right to cleaner air, vaccines, evidence-based infection control, public education, and healthcare and biomedical research for PostCovid and ME/CFS!
#VirusesDontCare
#ShowYouCare
#respie
When will we listen to the needs of our patients?
#MedSky wear a #respie and practice medicine with #SaferAir.
Exactly. Let’s be smarter this time. Wear your #Respie #N95, pull your backyard bird feeders, don’t drink unpasteurized milk, & demand they mitigate exposure!
I’m a resistant organism.
I’ve developed a selective membrane over my nose and mouth… found it at the shops and yoinked the tactic as fast as acquiring a plasmid.
#Respie #COVID19
Someone I know who has seen me masking, and who is about to undergo chemotherapy, got in touch to ask me for advice about masks and masking. 😷😃
#cancer
#immunecompromised
#CovidIsNotOver
#MaskUp
#Respie
