#rsvisairborne — Public Fediverse posts

#PublicHealth needs to wake THE EFF UP & start teaching the public about what "airborne transmission" means & everything they need to know to avoid it. Like, YESTERDAY. #CovidIsAirborne #FluIsAirborne #MeaslesIsAirborne #TuberculosisIsAirborne #PertussisIsAirborne #RSVisAirborne #PolioIsAirborne

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gju3fwb2ud6jqit4me7hkvcg/post/3mi5iikrhok2g

Ottawa Public Health, riddled with COVID, Flu, and other respiratory outbreaks in their hospitals and care homes, and where three children have died from from the flu already - puts out a statement about how to protect yourself and your children.

You may have already guessed but they want you to make sure you get vaccinated, wash your hands and sneeze into your elbow. Oh and *consider* wearing a mask of some variety if that's ok with you.
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"In addition to getting vaccinated, taking additional preventive steps can help further protect others:

-Wash your hands often
-Avoid touching your face with
unwashed hands
-Cover coughs and sneezes with your sleeve or a tissue
-Stay home if you are sick
-Avoid visiting people in long term care or retirement homes and hospitals of you are ill
-If you are sick, or at higher risk of severe illness, consider wearing a mask in crowded or indoor public spaces."
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https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/city-news/newsroom/statement-regional-medical-officers-health-sharp-rise-serious-flu-cases-children

#Ottawa #PublicHealth #Flu #COVID #FluIsAirborne #CovidIsAirborne #RsvIsAirborne #MeaslesIsAirborne

#COVID cases and deaths continue to drop in #NYC the week ending December 6, but #flu and #RSV cases continue to rise.

The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene doesn't publish absolute numbers of hospitalizations for #influenza and the #RSVirus, only the percentage of emergency room visits. That doesn't really help me decide whether to host in-person karaoke!

#COVIDIsNotOver and the #FluIsAirborne #RSVIsAirborne so I #WearAMask in elevators, trains, buses, doctors' offices, and markets!

@luckytran

I get really terrible PSAs from government agencies on my Facebook feed.

I comment on all of them telling them they need to talk about how #CovidIsAirborne, #InfluenzaIsAirborne, #RSVIsAirborne, it's stopped by #N95, #N99, #P100 masks, #HEPA filters, #CorsiRosenthalBoxes, and I drop a link to https://its-airborne.org .

Maybe I'll reach someone. I'm now doing more public health work than the CDC, WHO, or the state health department, which is ridiculous.