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@safe_breathe @airspothealth I first realized how important indoor air quality was when people I was following on social media started citing indoor air quality scientists.

🎉Win a free CO2 monitor! 🎉 I am very happy to announce that I will be giving away another two monitors this week in collaboration with @airspothealth! To enter, just repost this post and reply to it with your answer to the question below! When did you first realize how important indoor air quality is? We will also give away a second monitor, so to double your chances of winning, please read the comments!

@RickABright I've really appreciated your posts re H5N1. Is there any chance you're also on that new blue site? I'd love to be able to follow you there. Thanks for the awareness you have been raising re the seriousness of H5N1 and the need to act.

🚨This mutation in NA of human #H5N1 is well known to assoc w/ drug resistance to oseltamivir. It should be a clear trigger to immediately diversify SNS holdings. Fewer than 1M doses of baloxavir held, w/ 12+ mo lead to make more. Did mutation appear pre or post oseltamivir treatment? Is this NA mutation also in #H5N1 from pigs & from human case in Canada? Glad baloxavir & IV antivirals were available for Canada, timing is a factor on their effectiveness. Urgently need to ⬆️ surveillance, ⬆️ SNS drug diversity, ⬆️ data for combo therapy, & ⬇️ data sharing lag

@j_g_allen I've shared your new handle on Bluesky. I hope you give it a shot & engagement increases. But I appreciate that you may have your reasons for preferring this place. Thank you for your IAQ advocacy!!! I've learned a great deal from you and cite your work in my advocacy efforts.

@ee1ss1 I just joined. Posted same thread. 0 engagement v good engagement here. I'll be staying and maybe cross-post for a bit. We'll see.

WHOA. Indoor air quality is influenced by ventilation, and ASHRAE is the standard-setting body that, starting in the 1970s, developed bare minimum (ie, not health-focused) ventilation rates. Turns out, ASHRAE was influenced by...Big Tobacco. 🧵

@JN1171 @j_g_allen In case you haven't found him, it's: bsky.app/profile/joeall…

@j_g_allen @ee1ss1 (Please consider posting your BlueSky handle to make it easier for followers to find you...)

@open_erv @j_g_allen He chose a new handle: bsky.app/profile/joeall…

@j_g_allen @ee1ss1 I don't see it on bluesky under this name

@jasmith_yorku @richardzussman Awesome! I've really appreciated your feed here for a long while and look forward to following you over there.

@ee1ss1 @richardzussman Yup. drsmith.bsky.social

NEW - A teenager in BC’s Fraser Valley has tested presumptive positive for bird flu caused by the H5 influenza virus, the first detection of avian influenza due to the H5 virus in a person acquired in Canada. #bcpoli

@jasmith_yorku @richardzussman @jasmith_yorku: Is there any chance you're on Bluesky? I'd love to be able to follow you there. x.com/ee1ss1/status/…

@richardzussman Please, please, please, consider contacting scientists, engineers and industrial hygienists who have a background in clean air to talk about mitigations for thisS

At the risk of annoying you fine folks, I *highly* recommend getting on the list of one of @nicktsergas's starter packs. Being on the list has absolutely transformed my Bluesky experience. I've heard many others say the same. (I'll stop haranguing you now.)

There's a wave of Xitter refugees where the skies are bbblue. @nicktsergas created starter packs to help ppl build up their experience on the app. Now is a good time to give that place a try, if you're so inclined. @kyle_minogue @hiebzky @CamRegier @Matthew_Froese @julielajoie13

@KeyOfBart @ScottBilleck x.com/ee1ss1/status/…

@ScottBilleck Wish you better luck on that platform than I had, my friend

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@broadwaybabyto I'm hoping Bluesky takes off. I'm spending increasing amounts of time there.

losing followers this evening & a lot more accounts are locking down Find me other places under same handle - and at Disabled Ginger We need to build community wherever we can - wherever is safe and inclusive For those staying - I’m not leaving but I am reducing engagement 😞

@kyle_minogue I'm sorry about all of that. I hope he recovers quickly and fully.

@brailemom @jasmith_yorku I never had a problem, myself, but I was worried about it for a time. Here are two resources I found helpful: twitter.com/jeffgilchrist/… youtube.com/watch?v=Jjc4CD…

@brailemom @jasmith_yorku Or put bed legs in containers lined with 2x-sided tape or with very slippery sides. Also, spreading (food-grade) diatomaceous earth along baseboards, outlets, bed crevices, etc. is a good idea.

Anyone ever been told that to deal with bedbugs room occupants need to cover up food containers?

@ryantennant_ I respect your advocacy efforts for clean air. Please keep at it!!!

@hiebzky I feel like you deserve some sort of medal of valour for wading into that cesspool so bravely and frequently.

@jvipondmd Should I take this as a sign that more steps may be taken soon in Canada to improve indoor air quality (vis-à-vis mitigating airborne pathogen transmission)?

New: epa.gov/newsreleases/e… "The updated guidance outlines how to implement ventilation strategies, such as opening doors and windows, as part of a multi-layered approach to prevent the spread of respiratory viruses indoors" 1/2

@KkanCanada @jasmith_yorku I've measured >2,000 ppm CO2 in my not-terribly-old, local arena. I've also measured >2,000 in the relatively new indoor soccer facility. When I discuss this with facility mgmt & league mgmt, they say the facilities meet the building code. Period. They know, and they don't care.

@jasmith_yorku Hockey locker rooms in older arenas are some of the worst im sure 🤢

How many players in amateur sports are out now because of illness? Might be Covid, might not be, but they’re out anyway. We should be making sure that locker rooms, gyms and sports facilities have clean air?