#bettermasks — Public Fediverse posts

Surgical masks bad. Illustrated to help health care professionals understand that they need better masks.

#CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #KeepMasksInHealthCare #maskup #WearAMask #VaccinesPlus #covid19 #covid #SARSCov2 #DavosSafe #BringBackMasks #CovidConscious #CleanAir #CovidCautious #BetterMasks #N95 #FFP3 #surgicalmasks

Surgical masks bad. Illustrated to help health care professionals understand that they need better masks.

#CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #KeepMasksInHealthCare #maskup #WearAMask #VaccinesPlus #covid19 #covid #SARSCov2 #DavosSafe #BringBackMasks #CovidConscious #CleanAir #CovidCautious #BetterMasks #N95 #FFP3 #surgicalmasks

Surgical masks bad. Illustrated to help health care professionals understand that they need better masks.

#CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #KeepMasksInHealthCare #maskup #WearAMask #VaccinesPlus #covid19 #covid #SARSCov2 #DavosSafe #BringBackMasks #CovidConscious #CleanAir #CovidCautious #BetterMasks #N95 #FFP3 #surgicalmasks

Surgical masks bad. Illustrated to help health care professionals understand that they need better masks.

#CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #KeepMasksInHealthCare #maskup #WearAMask #VaccinesPlus #covid19 #covid #SARSCov2 #DavosSafe #BringBackMasks #CovidConscious #CleanAir #CovidCautious #BetterMasks #N95 #FFP3 #surgicalmasks

Surgical masks bad. Illustrated to help health care professionals understand that they need better masks.

#CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #KeepMasksInHealthCare #maskup #WearAMask #VaccinesPlus #covid19 #covid #SARSCov2 #DavosSafe #BringBackMasks #CovidConscious #CleanAir #CovidCautious #BetterMasks #N95 #FFP3 #surgicalmasks

Les Canards Masquées reviennent chez @cabrioles !
Cette fois-ci on trie nos papelards soi-disant militants, on regarde qui s'est défilé vis-à-vis du COVID et qui a publié de belles analyses combatives.

🦆 https://cabrioles.substack.com/p/les-medias-indes-et-le-covid-ou-comment?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=850442&post_id=144324822&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1g8z6k&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

#CovidIsNotOver #Postcovid #AutodéfenseSanitaire
#Antifascisme
#MaskUp #WearAMask #BetterMasks #BringBackMasks
#LongCovid #LongCovidKills #MassDisablingEvent #ableism #DisabilityJustice
#CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsVascular
#KidsGetCovidToo

"Comment on en est arrivé·es là", chronique des Canards Masquées chez @cabrioles.

Ça va canarder chaque mois pour parler de comment la pandémie COVID a pris trop ses aises avec le #validisme, l'eugénisme, et pas mal de -ismes dont nous avons intérêt à nous occuper plus sérieusement.

🦆 https://cabrioles.substack.com/p/comment-on-en-est-arrivees-la-les

#CovidIsNotOver #Postcovid #AutodéfenseSanitaire
#Antifascisme
#MaskUp #WearAMask #BetterMasks #BringBackMasks
#LongCovid #LongCovidKills #MassDisablingEvent #ableism #DisabilityJustice
#CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsVascular
#KidsGetCovidToo
#LesCanardsMasquées,

"Comment on en est arrivé·es là", chronique des Canards Masquées chez @cabrioles.

Ça va canarder chaque mois pour parler de comment la pandémie COVID a pris trop ses aises avec le #validisme, l'eugénisme, et pas mal de -ismes dont nous avons intérêt à nous occuper plus sérieusement.

🦆 https://cabrioles.substack.com/p/comment-on-en-est-arrivees-la-les

#CovidIsNotOver #Postcovid #AutodéfenseSanitaire
#Antifascisme
#MaskUp #WearAMask #BetterMasks #BringBackMasks
#LongCovid #LongCovidKills #MassDisablingEvent #ableism #DisabilityJustice
#CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsVascular
#KidsGetCovidToo
#LesCanardsMasquées,

"Comment on en est arrivé·es là", chronique des Canards Masquées chez @cabrioles.

Ça va canarder chaque mois pour parler de comment la pandémie COVID a pris trop ses aises avec le #validisme, l'eugénisme, et pas mal de -ismes dont nous avons intérêt à nous occuper plus sérieusement.

🦆 https://cabrioles.substack.com/p/comment-on-en-est-arrivees-la-les

#CovidIsNotOver #Postcovid #AutodéfenseSanitaire
#Antifascisme
#MaskUp #WearAMask #BetterMasks #BringBackMasks
#LongCovid #LongCovidKills #MassDisablingEvent #ableism #DisabilityJustice
#CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsVascular
#KidsGetCovidToo
#LesCanardsMasquées,

"Comment on en est arrivé·es là", chronique des Canards Masquées chez @cabrioles.

Ça va canarder chaque mois pour parler de comment la pandémie COVID a pris trop ses aises avec le #validisme, l'eugénisme, et pas mal de -ismes dont nous avons intérêt à nous occuper plus sérieusement.

🦆 https://cabrioles.substack.com/p/comment-on-en-est-arrivees-la-les

#CovidIsNotOver #Postcovid #AutodéfenseSanitaire
#Antifascisme
#MaskUp #WearAMask #BetterMasks #BringBackMasks
#LongCovid #LongCovidKills #MassDisablingEvent #ableism #DisabilityJustice
#CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsVascular
#KidsGetCovidToo
#LesCanardsMasquées,

"Comment on en est arrivé·es là", chronique des Canards Masquées chez @cabrioles.

Ça va canarder chaque mois pour parler de comment la pandémie COVID a pris trop ses aises avec le #validisme, l'eugénisme, et pas mal de -ismes dont nous avons intérêt à nous occuper plus sérieusement.

🦆 https://cabrioles.substack.com/p/comment-on-en-est-arrivees-la-les

#CovidIsNotOver #Postcovid #AutodéfenseSanitaire
#Antifascisme
#MaskUp #WearAMask #BetterMasks #BringBackMasks
#LongCovid #LongCovidKills #MassDisablingEvent #ableism #DisabilityJustice
#CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsVascular
#KidsGetCovidToo
#LesCanardsMasquées,

➡️ Please consider boosting; remember on Mastodon there's no algorithm and 'liking' is only seen by the author

➡️ The best mask is an N95, but all masks work

➡️ Double masking or overmasking

➡️ FAQs are:

❓ Does it make a difference?

❓ Which mask should go on top, the cloth mask or the medical mask?

❓ What about two cloth masks?

❓ Or two medical masks?

➡️ Answers at updated page:

https://maskevidence.org/double-masking

#WeNotMe

#BetterMasks #MasksWork

#SystemsApproaches #CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver.#DoAllTheThings #ventilation #filtration #PaidSickDays #BringBackMasks #WearAMask #MasksSaveLives #MaskeAuf #MaskUp #MaskMandate #MaskMandateNow #CovidLong #LongCovid #N95s #n95 #FFP2 #ffp3 #n99

Which year saw the most deaths from Covid in Canada?

#WearAMask #BetterMasks #COVIDIsAirborne #CovidIsntOver #CovidIsNotOver #DoAllTheThings

Wear the best mask available
The best mask is an N95

https://maskevidence.org/mask-types

New eligibility for PCR testing in Ontario.
#Covid symptoms plus
➡️Everyone >60y
➡️>18y with a high-risk condition
➡️>18y with <2 vaccine doses
➡️>18y with >6m since last vaccine or last Covid infection
➡️ all the previously eligible groups (frontline workers, pregnant people, people who are immunocompromised etc)

https://www.ontario.ca/page/covid-19-testing-and-treatment

#Paxlovid eligibility expanded too (same page, scroll down):
➡️Everyone >60y
➡️>18y with a high-risk condition or immunocompromised
➡️>18y with <2 vaccine doses
➡️>18y with >6m since last vaccine or last Covid infection

Where to get tested:
https://www.ontario.ca/assessment-centre-locations

Self-certify 'I'm eligible' if you are in one of those groups.

In #HamOnt|Hamilton

https://www.stjoes.ca/coronavirus/covid-19-test-home

Don't rely on test-and-treat or vaccination. Prevent community transmission to a vulnerable person and prevent #LongCovid with #Masks and #Ventilation

#BetterMasks #MasksWork

#SystemsApproaches #CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver.#DoAllTheThings #ventilation #filtration #PaidSickDays #BringBackMasks #WearAMask #MasksSaveLives #MaskeAuf #MaskUp #MaskMandate #MaskMandateNow #CovidLong #LongCovid #N95s #n95 #FFP2 #ffp3 #n99 #CovidTesting #BringBackTesting

https://maskevidence.org/why-masks-matter

Please boost

➡️*New resource* for advocates for Masks in Schools

➡️We have created a FAQ page and a downloadable, customizable template summarizing arguments for mask requirements in schools:

https://maskevidence.org/masks-in-schools

➡️Mask mandates in schools reduce student and teacher absences

https://tinyurl.com/ps3jpk6a

➡️4% of children with COVID will get long covid

https://tinyurl.com/mryp6zvh

@MyraBatchelder @nilikm #WeNotMe

#BetterMasks #MasksWork

#SystemsApproaches #CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver.#DoAllTheThings #ventilation #filtration #PaidSickDays #BringBackMasks #WearAMask #MasksSaveLives #MaskeAuf #MaskUp #MaskMandate #MaskMandateNow #CovidLong #LongCovid #N95s #n95 #FFP2 #ffp3 #n99

@Tinu idk if you would find this #CovidResources helpful

Resources for #MasksInSchools

https://maskevidence.org/masks-in-schools

#COVID #COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsntOver #LongCovid #MaskUp #WearAMask

#BetterMasks https://maskevidence.org/mask-types

@ChristosArgyrop @maggiejk @Pat

Yes, reports of persistence are concerning.

I think I have seen a few ... But I think this is the recent one you are mentioning?

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/path.6035

Post mortem analysis of 27 patients an average of >3 months since last viral positivity.

"Despite apparent virological remission, lung pathology was similar to that observed in acute COVID-19 individuals, including micro- and macro-vascular thrombosis (67% of cases), vasculitis (24%), squamous metaplasia of the respiratory epithelium (30%), frequent cytological abnormalities and syncytia (67%), and the presence of dysmorphic features in the bronchial cartilage (44%)."

"SARS-CoV-2 antigens were not detected in the respiratory epithelium. In contrast, antibodies against both spike and nucleocapsid revealed the frequent (70%) infection of bronchial cartilage chondrocytes and para-bronchial gland epithelial cells."

This and other additional evidence of long term persistence and immune effects is useful and reminds us of the importance of the precautionary principle.

But it is not necessary to the argument: we should control #Covid anyway, should never have stopped trying to limit community transmission, because of the known disruption, disability and death is it still causing acutely. We've had evidence enough for years.

IHME estimates US Covid infections at staggering 1.25 million a day

This would have been halved if there had been a mask mandate a month ago

https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america?view=infections-testing&tab=trend&test=infections

In the US, 600 people a day are dying of Covid.

For people who don't (yet) know anyone who died from Covid, here is a heart-breaking thread about the death of Greg Foley, a chemical engineer and assistant professor.

He describes various levels of respiratory support as he experienced them. May he rest in peace.

https://twitter.com/gregfoley2002/status/1613465945451675648?s=46&t=Gmr_urMTeqE3veE0MEo7tA

#CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp #MaskMandate #MaskMandateNow

In the absence of #MaskMandates, #WearAMask, in fact #WearTheBestMaskAvailable

Curated information on #BetterMasks:

https://maskevidence.org/mask-types

Detailed argument for mask mandates:

https://theconversation.com/ca/topics/mask-mandate-90260

🤣 This turned out long. Appreciate a reposting/boost from anyone who found it interesting or helpful...🙏

@ChristosArgyrop @maggiejk @Pat

yes that is a possibility too.

I think the important thing to protect your family and others is to treat it as if it's Covid if unsure, and negative rapid test=unsure. Unless you have a negative PCR, assume it's Covid and isolate as best you can - given your work and home circumstances - for 10 days.

Wearing a mask for ten days after any respiratory illness is part of public health advice in many places but it is not advice that is actively promoted by public health and I think most people would be surprised to learn about it.

https://www.ontario.ca/page/public-health-measures-and-advice

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/isolation.html

#PaidSickDays #PaidSickDaysNow #BetterMasks #WearAMask #MaskUp #n95

So...1 in 24 Canadians has Covid, XBB1.5 (kraken) variant is projected to be at 22% in Ontario by the end of the week, people are still dying of Covid (279 in Canada in the first week of January), and though voluntary mask wearing is low, 69% of Canadians support mask mandates if necessary.

Public health in many regions recommends or strongly recommends mask wearing.

But no mask mandates?
Not even in education and the workplace?
Nothing?

Mandates would make it so much easier for the caring majority to normalize wearing a mask again. Many people understandably don't want to #WearAMask unless it is clearly necessary. #MaskMandates are necessary to get mask wearing in public up to >80%, which IHME estimates would halve deaths from covid with a month.

In the absence of clear direction from public health, #MaskUp and protect yourself and those around you as best you can.

https://maskevidence.org/why-masks-matter

#SystemsApproaches #CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #DoAllTheThings #ventilation #filtration #PaidSickDays #BringBackMasks #WearAMask #MasksSaveLives #MaskeAuf #MaskUp #MaskMandate #MaskMandateNow #CovidLong #LongCovid #BetterMasks

Tara Moriarty's lab's estimates of current infections and risk: https://twitter.com/MoriartyLab/status/1614737208602230784

Incomplete count of deaths from Covid in Canada: https://health-infobase.canada.ca/covid-19/current-situation.html?stat=num&measure=deaths_weekly&map=pt#a2

CTV/Nanos Nov 2022 poll of Canadians: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/majority-of-canadians-support-return-of-face-masks-in-indoor-public-spaces-if-deemed-necessary-survey-1.6144419

IHME projections: https://covid19.healthdata.org/canada?view=daily-deaths&tab=trend

One of my fave kinds of passive #activism is to airdrop #COVID related #infographics to random people while I’m out. It feels like I’m doing something daring 😂

Most decline the airdrop request. But it’s super rewarding when they accept, and even better when they say something about it out loud to whomever they’re with.

#SarsCov2 #Covid19 #CovidDispatch #PublicHealth #Tripledemic #CleanAir #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #WearARespirator #BetterMasks #UpgradeYourMask #BringBackMasks

@holmesr @Pat

Hi again. Thanks for the feedback and for engaging, much appreciated.

We think overhead elastic is critical to getting good fitted-filtration (ie, net filtration of a mask on a face). We summarize this here ⬇️

https://maskevidence.org/head-attachments

In North America, #N95s must have overhead elastic simplifying our advice in favour of these over #KN95 or #KF94

There are data on beards, too!

For a 10mm beard, an N95 is still more effective than all other masks.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41370-021-00337-1

If the stifling feeling is specifically associated with headstraps for you, they could be too tight. Aura 3M has simple band elastic straps that lengthen with a good hard tug. This is a pro in this situation for you.

For straps that don't lengthen so easily, consider an #N95 with braided elastic such as Vitacore's #Can99.

Vitacore's Can99 also has superb breathability so if the problem isn't the attachments, this might help.

Apologies for a N American reply to a European question.

Anyone curating info on #FFP2 or #FFP3 and suppliers please let me know: we would love to put this on our website.

#WearTheBestMaskAvailable

#COVID #BetterMasks #MaskUp #MaskMandates #Masks
#WearAMask #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsntOver #BetterMasks #MaskUp #DoAllTheThings #ventilation #filtration #PaidSickDays #BringBackMasks #WearAMask #MasksSaveLives #MaskeAuf #MaskUp #MaskMandate #MaskMandateNow #CovidLong #LongCovid #Beards

@Pat I totally agree with your #WearTheBestMaskAvailable approach. Encourage elastomerics, N95s, FFP3s.

But when you say not to wear anything else:

➡️ people without access to these are disempowered

➡️ we downplay the contributions of mask-making volunteer groups early in the pandemic and may even create confusion about whether those early masks worked (they did)

➡️ the absoluteness is not in keeping with the peer-reviewed evidence which we summarize here⬇️

https://maskevidence.org/mask-types

https://maskevidence.org/why-masks-matter

Also it makes it seem like we disagree, which I doubt!

We also curate curated lists of #BetterMasks⬇️

https://maskevidence.org/findingn95s

✨ We would welcome additions to this page from outside North America✨

Thanks for the interest!❤️

➡️ I'm seeing a lot of "N95s work and other masks do not"

➡️ Filtration is relative, not absolute

➡️ Summary and infographic ⬇️
https://maskevidence.org/mask-types

⬇️%s are filtration percentages for submicron (less than 1 micron) particles - aerosol data - the relevant size because #CovidIsAirborne

90% N95s without fit testing
70% Level 1 medical with cotton overmask
50% Level 1 medical or well-fitting 2-layer cotton

What does it mean?

➡️ Wear the best mask available

If you have access to N95s or FFP3s with overhead elastic, wear them

Otherwise use what you have: any mask is better than no mask

A certified medical mask with a good-fitting cloth mask over the top to improve the edge seal is a great low-cost combo

Mask braces are a bit uncomfortable but is you are in a high-risk situation (eg health care worker not supplied with routine N95s) they greatly improve the filtration of medical masks

#WearTheBestMaskAvailable

#COVID #BetterMasks #MaskUp #MaskMandates #Masks
#WearAMask #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsntOver #BetterMasks #MaskUp #DoAllTheThings #ventilation #filtration #PaidSickDays #BringBackMasks #WearAMask #MasksSaveLives #MaskeAuf #MaskUp #MaskMandate #MaskMandateNow #CovidLong #LongCovid

It's taken me a while to figure out how to write an #Introduction. Here goes:

I’d appreciate a boost to help meet like-minded here.

I’m a professor of medicine at McMaster University #MacDeptMed, #McMasterU

Clinically, I work as a #KidneyDoctor (#Nephrology)

I’m an associate member of #HEI (#Epidemiology) at #McMasterU

I’m a member of the Centre of Excellence in Protective Equipment and Materials (#PPE, #N95, #CEPEM) at #McMasterU

My #ClinicalResearch is in #KidneyDisease #KidneyEpi (#CKD, #Potassium, #CKDProgression) and #Masks

I’m editor-in-chief of #CJKHD (@CanJKHD on the birdsite, not here yet) an #OpenAccess kidney journal with #PublishingPolicy:

#SupportiveReview (#Kindness, #KidneyKindness) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20543581221080327
https://theconversation.com/peer-review-can-this-critical-step-in-the-publication-of-science-research-be-kinder-182142

#PortableReview (was your hard work rejected by a journal with IF>=4? Submit clean, redline, point-by-point response-to-reviews, and tell us which journal and undertake that you responded to all reviews received)
https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/canadian-journal-of-kidney-health-and-disease/journal202590#aims-and-scope

I’m editor-in-chief of https://maskevidence.org/ which curates evidence on #BetterMasks and #MasksWork

For the pandemic, we need #SystemsApproaches because #CovidIsAirborne and #CovidIsNotOver. #DoAllTheThings #ventilation #filtration #PaidSickDays #BringBackMasks #WearAMask #MasksSaveLives #MaskeAuf #MaskUp #MaskMandate #MaskMandateNow #CovidLong #LongCovid

I’d like to see #KidneyVerse as the tag to find others with interest in #KidneyHealth and #KidneyDisease. #AskKidney #AskRenal

Also trying to be #LGBTQ #LGBTQ2 ally, working on #EDI #equity #diversity #inclusion, interested in #SocialJustice #UrbanPlanning.

Treaty 3|Dish with One Spoon, Turtle Island; Hamilton ON Canada. She/her

It's taken me a while to figure out how to write an #Introduction. Here goes:

I’d appreciate a boost to help meet like-minded here.

I’m a professor of medicine at McMaster University #MacDeptMed, #McMasterU

Clinically, I work as a #KidneyDoctor (#Nephrology)

I’m an associate member of #HEI (#Epidemiology) at #McMasterU

I’m a member of the Centre of Excellence in Protective Equipment and Materials (#PPE, #N95, #CEPEM) at #McMasterU

My #ClinicalResearch is in #KidneyDisease #KidneyEpi (#CKD, #Potassium, #CKDProgression) and #Masks

I’m editor-in-chief of #CJKHD (@CanJKHD on the birdsite, not here yet) an #OpenAccess kidney journal with #PublishingPolicy:

#SupportiveReview (#Kindness, #KidneyKindness) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20543581221080327
https://theconversation.com/peer-review-can-this-critical-step-in-the-publication-of-science-research-be-kinder-182142

#PortableReview (was your hard work rejected by a journal with IF>=4? Submit clean, redline, point-by-point response-to-reviews, and tell us which journal and undertake that you responded to all reviews received)
https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/canadian-journal-of-kidney-health-and-disease/journal202590#aims-and-scope

I’m editor-in-chief of https://maskevidence.org/ which curates evidence on #BetterMasks and #MasksWork

For the pandemic, we need #SystemsApproaches because #CovidIsAirborne and #CovidIsNotOver. #DoAllTheThings #ventilation #filtration #PaidSickDays #BringBackMasks #WearAMask #MasksSaveLives #MaskeAuf #MaskUp #MaskMandate #MaskMandateNow #CovidLong #LongCovid

I’d like to see #KidneyVerse as the tag to find others with interest in #KidneyHealth and #KidneyDisease. #AskKidney #AskRenal

Also trying to be #LGBTQ #LGBTQ2 ally, working on #EDI #equity #diversity #inclusion, interested in #SocialJustice #UrbanPlanning.

Treaty 3|Dish with One Spoon, Turtle Island; Hamilton ON Canada. She/her

It's taken me a while to figure out how to write an #Introduction. Here goes:

I’d appreciate a boost to help meet like-minded here.

I’m a professor of medicine at McMaster University #MacDeptMed, #McMasterU

Clinically, I work as a #KidneyDoctor (#Nephrology)

I’m an associate member of #HEI (#Epidemiology) at #McMasterU

I’m a member of the Centre of Excellence in Protective Equipment and Materials (#PPE, #N95, #CEPEM) at #McMasterU

My #ClinicalResearch is in #KidneyDisease #KidneyEpi (#CKD, #Potassium, #CKDProgression) and #Masks

I’m editor-in-chief of #CJKHD (@CanJKHD on the birdsite, not here yet) an #OpenAccess kidney journal with #PublishingPolicy:

#SupportiveReview (#Kindness, #KidneyKindness) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20543581221080327
https://theconversation.com/peer-review-can-this-critical-step-in-the-publication-of-science-research-be-kinder-182142

#PortableReview (was your hard work rejected by a journal with IF>=4? Submit clean, redline, point-by-point response-to-reviews, and tell us which journal and undertake that you responded to all reviews received)
https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/canadian-journal-of-kidney-health-and-disease/journal202590#aims-and-scope

I’m editor-in-chief of https://maskevidence.org/ which curates evidence on #BetterMasks and #MasksWork

For the pandemic, we need #SystemsApproaches because #CovidIsAirborne and #CovidIsNotOver. #DoAllTheThings #ventilation #filtration #PaidSickDays #BringBackMasks #WearAMask #MasksSaveLives #MaskeAuf #MaskUp #MaskMandate #MaskMandateNow #CovidLong #LongCovid

I’d like to see #KidneyVerse as the tag to find others with interest in #KidneyHealth and #KidneyDisease. #AskKidney #AskRenal

Also trying to be #LGBTQ #LGBTQ2 ally, working on #EDI #equity #diversity #inclusion, interested in #SocialJustice #UrbanPlanning.

Treaty 3|Dish with One Spoon, Turtle Island; Hamilton ON Canada. She/her

It's taken me a while to figure out how to write an #Introduction. Here goes:

I’d appreciate a boost to help meet like-minded here.

I’m a professor of medicine at McMaster University #MacDeptMed, #McMasterU

Clinically, I work as a #KidneyDoctor (#Nephrology)

I’m an associate member of #HEI (#Epidemiology) at #McMasterU

I’m a member of the Centre of Excellence in Protective Equipment and Materials (#PPE, #N95, #CEPEM) at #McMasterU

My #ClinicalResearch is in #KidneyDisease #KidneyEpi (#CKD, #Potassium, #CKDProgression) and #Masks

I’m editor-in-chief of #CJKHD (@CanJKHD on the birdsite, not here yet) an #OpenAccess kidney journal with #PublishingPolicy:

#SupportiveReview (#Kindness, #KidneyKindness) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20543581221080327
https://theconversation.com/peer-review-can-this-critical-step-in-the-publication-of-science-research-be-kinder-182142

#PortableReview (was your hard work rejected by a journal with IF>=4? Submit clean, redline, point-by-point response-to-reviews, and tell us which journal and undertake that you responded to all reviews received)
https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/canadian-journal-of-kidney-health-and-disease/journal202590#aims-and-scope

I’m editor-in-chief of https://maskevidence.org/ which curates evidence on #BetterMasks and #MasksWork

For the pandemic, we need #SystemsApproaches because #CovidIsAirborne and #CovidIsNotOver. #DoAllTheThings #ventilation #filtration #PaidSickDays #BringBackMasks #WearAMask #MasksSaveLives #MaskeAuf #MaskUp #MaskMandate #MaskMandateNow #CovidLong #LongCovid

I’d like to see #KidneyVerse as the tag to find others with interest in #KidneyHealth and #KidneyDisease. #AskKidney #AskRenal

Also trying to be #LGBTQ #LGBTQ2 ally, working on #EDI #equity #diversity #inclusion, interested in #SocialJustice #UrbanPlanning.

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➡️Canada: #IHME estimates that 80% #mask use would halve daily deaths from #COVID within a month, saving 20 lives every day

➡️Summary of peer-reviewed #evidence at https://maskevidence.org/

#WearAMask #COVIDIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #BetterMasks #n95 #MaskUp #MasksSaveLives #MasksWork #MaskeAuf #MaskMandate #MaskMandateNow #CovidLong #LongCovid

➡️Canada: #IHME estimates that 80% #mask use would halve daily deaths from #COVID within a month, saving 20 lives every day

➡️Summary of peer-reviewed #evidence at https://maskevidence.org/

#WearAMask #COVIDIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #BetterMasks #n95 #MaskUp #MasksSaveLives #MasksWork #MaskeAuf #MaskMandate #MaskMandateNow #CovidLong #LongCovid

➡️Canada: #IHME estimates that 80% #mask use would halve daily deaths from #COVID within a month, saving 20 lives every day

➡️Summary of peer-reviewed #evidence at https://maskevidence.org/

#WearAMask #COVIDIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #BetterMasks #n95 #MaskUp #MasksSaveLives #MasksWork #MaskeAuf #MaskMandate #MaskMandateNow #CovidLong #LongCovid

➡️Canada: #IHME estimates that 80% #mask use would halve daily deaths from #COVID within a month, saving 20 lives every day

➡️Summary of peer-reviewed #evidence at https://maskevidence.org/

#WearAMask #COVIDIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #BetterMasks #n95 #MaskUp #MasksSaveLives #MasksWork #MaskeAuf #MaskMandate #MaskMandateNow #CovidLong #LongCovid

Who here would love to see in-person meetup groups that have strict #mask requirements, like require an #N95 be worn or even requiring a #P100 and eye protection to participate? #bringbackmasks #WearAMask #maskedmeetuos #weararespirator #eyeprotection #goggles #weareyeprotection #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #maskup #covid19 #bettermasks

Thoughts on Dyson's air purifying headphones? I think the lack of a tight seal around the face is a huge miss for this product. Would have been great if it had it as it wold make for a great mask, being able to easily flip it down when you didn't need it on and the fact it's air purifying. Great concept, poor execution. https://youtube.com/shorts/Zy5Rrv9NN2A #mask #masks #WearAMask #weather #dyson #headphones #bringbackmasks #airfiltration #airpurification #cleanair #covid #covidisairborne #bettermasks

It’s absolutely criminal that mask mandates have still not returned yet. #BringBackMasks #BringBackMaskMandates #wearamask #WearAMaskPlease #MaskUpN95 #maskup #WearARespiraror #n95 #p100 #covidisntover #covid #CovidIsAirbourne #COVIDisAirborne #BetterMasks #covidisnotover #WearADamnGoodMask #wearADamnRespirator

@catladyactivist love your #doublemask combo! An N95 for filtration plus a cloth on top for a tighter seal is the way to go! #wearamask #weararespirator #bettermasks #bringbackmasks

Should I run a weekly #MaskedMondays post here where others can reply with a weekly photo wearing a mask? Noticed that there isn’t much masked photos on Mastodon yet. #covid #mask #masked #wearamask #bringbackmasks #N95 #P100 #weararespirator #bettermasks #zerocovid #CovidIsDefinitelyNotOver #CovidIsNotOver #covidisntover #covidmask #masking #COVIDisAirborne

What type of mask are you currently wearing? Do you wear multiple masks such as double or triple masking? #WearAMask #covidmask #bringbackmasks #CovidIsNotOver #bettermasks @covidisairborne #weararespirator #n95 #p100 #respirator #surgicalmask #doublemask #triplemask If you are on another instance please boost this post to get it to other instances.

What type of mask are you currently wearing? Do you wear multiple masks such as double or triple masking? #WearAMask #covidmask #bringbackmasks #CovidIsNotOver #bettermasks @covidisairborne #weararespirator #n95 #p100 #respirator #surgicalmask #doublemask #triplemask If you are on another instance please boost this post to get it to other instances.

What type of mask are you currently wearing? Do you wear multiple masks such as double or triple masking? #WearAMask #covidmask #bringbackmasks #CovidIsNotOver #bettermasks @covidisairborne #weararespirator #n95 #p100 #respirator #surgicalmask #doublemask #triplemask If you are on another instance please boost this post to get it to other instances.

What type of mask are you currently wearing? Do you wear multiple masks such as double or triple masking? #WearAMask #covidmask #bringbackmasks #CovidIsNotOver #bettermasks @covidisairborne #weararespirator #n95 #p100 #respirator #surgicalmask #doublemask #triplemask If you are on another instance please boost this post to get it to other instances.

What type of mask are you currently wearing? Do you wear multiple masks such as double or triple masking? #WearAMask #covidmask #bringbackmasks #CovidIsNotOver #bettermasks @covidisairborne #weararespirator #n95 #p100 #respirator #surgicalmask #doublemask #triplemask If you are on another instance please boost this post to get it to other instances.

Sigh. So, as always, since the real number of cases is 10-30x higher due to underreporting…we’re looking at 4.64 million to 13.93 million new cases SINCE LAST WEEK

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#BetterMasks
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#CO2 reading of 1018 ppm* on #NYC #MTA bus in #Brooklyn this AM—6 other riders (all unmasked), me (#N95), plus the bus driver (unmasked). One window open.

*Accuracy of CO2 monitor estimated +/- 50 ppm

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