Ongoing horrible: The use of 'equity' to try and explain why respirator masks aren't necessary. This would be akin to saying because there are inadequate worker protections in a foreign country, all workers around the world shoudl have inadequate protections... 8/

They're called doctors.
Just call them doctors.

Dr Fisman’s commentary is no longer paywalled. You can click through to his link.

Yesterday someone confronted me about my social media content, saying that while I’m not wrong, I’m too radical? They asked me “ok what happens once everyone agrees [that covid infections are problematic], then what?”

Then we clean the air. HEPA filters are not radical.

Noooooooooo. ☹️

Kimberly Prather, Ph.D. 𝙹𝚘𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚍 [email protected] Prasad Kasibhatla if there were 5 stages of grief for ones credibility after making a mistake that cost that many lives, i think trying to get everyone to agree on new terminology looks like 'bargaining'

i can't believe that sesame street told me that adulthood would be hanging out with my neighbors in diverse, walkable communities, but it turned out to be 14-hour email jobs to pay for an apartment in increasingly gentrified, car-centric cities

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing many average people - who would likely never be subject to them, and who benefit from the programs funded by them - to oppose taxes on extreme wealth and gains.

Bookmark this. Don't let anyone tell you it's complicated or in need of new terminology.

Go find all of her work. It’s incredible.

The WHO wants to change a scientific term, airborne, to save the egos of people who used to claim transmission was by droplet?
This would be malpractice.
Covid is airborne.
Grow up and take responsibility.
That is all.

the inability to utter the word is either a trauma or guilt response

'The Canadian Cancer Society pulled its endorsement from the CTFPHC | GECSSP website in December 2022, saying it hadn’t acted quickly enough to review and update its breast cancer screening guidelines to consider including women between 40 & 50.' This says it all! t.ly/vENDi

If media wants to chat about the upcoming WHO terminology change on airborne transmission, likely to 'inhaled', and what it means for HCWs and the public, I'd be happy to do so. DMs open.
I'm sure many others would as well. I think it'd be important that the world knows whats up

Thank you for a balanced article. Nicole Ireland

CTFPHC | GECSSP guidelines are not led by content experts and are unaccountable.

Experts have moved on from the ancient evidence and management practices used by CTF to develop guidelines. Time to move on from the Task Force.

Outdated cancer screening guidelines jeopardizing early detection, doctors say | Politics | Health thecanadianpressnews.ca thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/outda…

'They keep mashing the go back to 2019 button, and they see it's not working... Then they just push harder, and then you have this really toxic relationship.' businessinsider.com/dropbox-ceo-em…

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John Johnston Cheryl White Dr Ellie Murray, ScD If institutions want to regain the trust of the public, they must address the harm they have done whether intentional or not. It’s discouraging to see serious PH people lament over the rise in vaccine hesitancy and not connect it to bad information from World Health Organization (WHO) for example.

Respiratory diseases are AIRBORNE. That's why they get into your lungs and cause respiratory symptoms. The word AIRBORNE is a good one because it's simple and easily understood. It's like WATERBORNE and FOOD-BORNE. We should keep using it. We don't need any new terminology.