Never too late to move on from droplet dogma disinformation to more scientific, rational and effective mitigation strategies. Time for all @WHO leaders and experts to fully embrace aerosol science and transmission of resp pathogens. https://t.co/LiC5kAcFN
RT @jljcolorado: 105/ Adherents of droplet transmission were in control of all key public health institutions. Scientists proposing airbor…
RT @jljcolorado: 90/ Here is when we think that the ERROR of "5 micron particles fall to the ground in 1-2 m" originated: Only TB and biow…
follow the science (it was actually follow the politics of science)
RT @jljcolorado: 105/ Adherents of droplet transmission were in control of all key public health institutions. Scientists proposing airbor…
RT @jljcolorado: 90/ Here is when we think that the ERROR of "5 micron particles fall to the ground in 1-2 m" originated: Only TB and biow…
RT @linseymarr: Epic thread by @jljcolorado summarizing the history of how people have thought about airborne transmission (https://t.co/8i…
RT @jljcolorado: 105/ Adherents of droplet transmission were in control of all key public health institutions. Scientists proposing airbor…
105/ Adherents of droplet transmission were in control of all key public health institutions. Scientists proposing airborne transmission were typically ignored (as we saw later for COVID-19, and explaining persistence of errors) https://t.co/hg6q74HEex h
RT @linseymarr: Epic thread by @jljcolorado summarizing the history of how people have thought about airborne transmission (https://t.co/8i…
RT @linseymarr: Epic thread by @jljcolorado summarizing the history of how people have thought about airborne transmission (https://t.co/8i…
RT @jljcolorado: 76/ We investigated the history of the 5 micron / 2 meters error in a previous paper led by @linseymarr and the extraordin…
RT @jljcolorado: 90/ Here is when we think that the ERROR of "5 micron particles fall to the ground in 1-2 m" originated: Only TB and biow…
RT @jljcolorado: 90/ Here is when we think that the ERROR of "5 micron particles fall to the ground in 1-2 m" originated: Only TB and biow…
RT @jljcolorado: 90/ Here is when we think that the ERROR of "5 micron particles fall to the ground in 1-2 m" originated: Only TB and biow…
90/ Here is when we think that the ERROR of "5 micron particles fall to the ground in 1-2 m" originated: Only TB and bioweapons were important, someone at @CDCgov confused the size that goes to alveoli with size that falls to ground Repeated till 2020 h
RT @jljcolorado: 52/ Rather, Flügge and collaborators used the term “droplet” to refer to fresh particles of ALL SIZES, including AEROSOLS…
RT @jljcolorado: 76/ We investigated the history of the 5 micron / 2 meters error in a previous paper led by @linseymarr and the extraordin…
RT @jljcolorado: 76/ We investigated the history of the 5 micron / 2 meters error in a previous paper led by @linseymarr and the extraordin…
RT @linseymarr: Epic thread by @jljcolorado summarizing the history of how people have thought about airborne transmission (https://t.co/8i…
RT @jljcolorado: 76/ We investigated the history of the 5 micron / 2 meters error in a previous paper led by @linseymarr and the extraordin…
RT @linseymarr: Epic thread by @jljcolorado summarizing the history of how people have thought about airborne transmission (https://t.co/8i…
RT @linseymarr: Epic thread by @jljcolorado summarizing the history of how people have thought about airborne transmission (https://t.co/8i…
RT @jljcolorado: 76/ We investigated the history of the 5 micron / 2 meters error in a previous paper led by @linseymarr and the extraordin…
RT @jljcolorado: 76/ We investigated the history of the 5 micron / 2 meters error in a previous paper led by @linseymarr and the extraordin…
RT @linseymarr: Epic thread by @jljcolorado summarizing the history of how people have thought about airborne transmission (https://t.co/8i…
RT @linseymarr: Epic thread by @jljcolorado summarizing the history of how people have thought about airborne transmission (https://t.co/8i…
76/ We investigated the history of the 5 micron / 2 meters error in a previous paper led by @linseymarr and the extraordinary @katierandall, with support from @EThomasEwing, Lydia Bourouiba of @MIT and yours truly: https://t.co/hg6q74HEex
RT @linseymarr: Epic thread by @jljcolorado summarizing the history of how people have thought about airborne transmission (https://t.co/8i…
Flügge, "pisarat"
RT @linseymarr: Epic thread by @jljcolorado summarizing the history of how people have thought about airborne transmission (https://t.co/8i…
RT @jljcolorado: 52/ Rather, Flügge and collaborators used the term “droplet” to refer to fresh particles of ALL SIZES, including AEROSOLS…
RT @linseymarr: Epic thread by @jljcolorado summarizing the history of how people have thought about airborne transmission (https://t.co/8i…
RT @jljcolorado: 49/ ...blankets, bowls, & other objects was dispersed into air. In contrast, Flügge thought that it was not DRIED secret…
RT @linseymarr: Epic thread by @jljcolorado summarizing the history of how people have thought about airborne transmission (https://t.co/8i…
RT @linseymarr: Epic thread by @jljcolorado summarizing the history of how people have thought about airborne transmission (https://t.co/8i…
RT @linseymarr: Epic thread by @jljcolorado summarizing the history of how people have thought about airborne transmission (https://t.co/8i…
RT @linseymarr: Epic thread by @jljcolorado summarizing the history of how people have thought about airborne transmission (https://t.co/8i…
RT @linseymarr: Epic thread by @jljcolorado summarizing the history of how people have thought about airborne transmission (https://t.co/8i…
RT @jljcolorado: 52/ Rather, Flügge and collaborators used the term “droplet” to refer to fresh particles of ALL SIZES, including AEROSOLS…
RT @jljcolorado: 49/ ...blankets, bowls, & other objects was dispersed into air. In contrast, Flügge thought that it was not DRIED secret…
RT @linseymarr: Epic thread by @jljcolorado summarizing the history of how people have thought about airborne transmission (https://t.co/8i…
Epic thread by @jljcolorado summarizing the history of how people have thought about airborne transmission (https://t.co/8iQbdYOf5o), a follow-up to our paper that chased down the source of erroneous thinking about droplets and aerosols (https://t.co/kw8F6
RT @jljcolorado: 52/ Rather, Flügge and collaborators used the term “droplet” to refer to fresh particles of ALL SIZES, including AEROSOLS…
52/ Rather, Flügge and collaborators used the term “droplet” to refer to fresh particles of ALL SIZES, including AEROSOLS for which the researchers waited 5 hours to settle from the air on their collection plates. https://t.co/biDRIFt4Ll
RT @jljcolorado: 49/ ...blankets, bowls, & other objects was dispersed into air. In contrast, Flügge thought that it was not DRIED secret…
49/ ...blankets, bowls, & other objects was dispersed into air. In contrast, Flügge thought that it was not DRIED secretions from sick that caused infection, but rather FRESH secretions that ppl were exposed to IN AIR BEFORE they reached the ground
RT @pauli_alin: ...and that fundamental insights are often lost in history, only to be cyclically re-discovered or re-interpreted." (Randal…
...and that fundamental insights are often lost in history, only to be cyclically re-discovered or re-interpreted." (Randall et al., 2021, p. 2). 2/3 https://t.co/9m4tKGqmNp
@thackerpd @HansMahncke @PeterJAnderson_ @pathogenetics @DrJBhattacharya @aravindmc @DewTrolley @luigi_warren @JohnStone32 @hkakeya @JustinRGoodman I can't stand her, but aerosols and droplets are 2 different things. https://t.co/vsU1UKHUCm'. She might b
A very informative paper on the how airborne transmission has been misunderstood in history. Poor Carl Flügge may just win the "most misunderstood paper author" award 😂 https://t.co/vi8DIzmmft
RT @Ikat0: @danaparish @nytimes I pulled the reference to respiratory being primary from the CDC site several times. It’s not archived. Th…
@LazarusLong13 @ReutersScience @ReutersFacts This history is why we question the dogma that monkeypox, a poorly studied disease outside of bioterrorism exercises, cannot be spread by aerosols, because the droplet/aerosol distinction is not nearly what it s
How did we get here: what are droplets and aerosols and how far do they go? A historical perspective on the transmission of respiratory infectious diseases | Interface Focus https://t.co/2T9PS2lYOU
@citlanx Did you see this? Long but very informative. https://t.co/LDgbrlxsaz
@danaparish @nytimes I pulled the reference to respiratory being primary from the CDC site several times. It’s not archived. This is long, but worthwhile. While I’m no expert, it argues vs CDC’s distinction btwn droplets & aerosols & distances. I
RT @TRyanGregory: Please don't "Well, actually..." people about "droplets" versus "aerosols". We've been through this enough. https://t.co…
RT @TRyanGregory: Please don't "Well, actually..." people about "droplets" versus "aerosols". We've been through this enough. https://t.co…
RT @TRyanGregory: Please don't "Well, actually..." people about "droplets" versus "aerosols". We've been through this enough. https://t.co…
RT @TRyanGregory: Please don't "Well, actually..." people about "droplets" versus "aerosols". We've been through this enough. https://t.co…
RT @TRyanGregory: Please don't "Well, actually..." people about "droplets" versus "aerosols". We've been through this enough. https://t.co…
RT @TRyanGregory: Please don't "Well, actually..." people about "droplets" versus "aerosols". We've been through this enough. https://t.co…
RT @TRyanGregory: Please don't "Well, actually..." people about "droplets" versus "aerosols". We've been through this enough. https://t.co…
RT @TRyanGregory: Please don't "Well, actually..." people about "droplets" versus "aerosols". We've been through this enough. https://t.co…
RT @TRyanGregory: Please don't "Well, actually..." people about "droplets" versus "aerosols". We've been through this enough. https://t.co…
RT @TRyanGregory: Please don't "Well, actually..." people about "droplets" versus "aerosols". We've been through this enough. https://t.co…
RT @TRyanGregory: Please don't "Well, actually..." people about "droplets" versus "aerosols". We've been through this enough. https://t.co…
Please don't "Well, actually..." people about "droplets" versus "aerosols". We've been through this enough. https://t.co/KaXh0vD9UP
@tarahaelle Are we really still doing this? https://t.co/KaXh0vD9UP
@PSampathkumarMD @CDCgov @shea @IDSA The tweet you quoted just referenced droplets. Droplets are airborne. Anything coming out of your lungs will be in a size distribution where some of the particles will be airborne. Stop embarrassing your profession and
"The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed major gaps in our understanding of the transmission of viruses through the air. These gaps slowed recognition of airborne transmission of the disease,..." https://t.co/gaQ2g87ZOI
We need a new rule. HCWs need to read up on the history between airborne and droplet transmission before you're allowed to tweet about it. This is just embarrassing. https://t.co/mvdFtFcrwX
RT @hector_drummond: For those few still interested in droplet vs airborne spread, this is a good historical overview, explaining how vario…
RT @hector_drummond: The authors explain how two head poobahs from the precursor of the CDC (Charles Chapin and Alexander Langmuir) did a l…
RT @hector_drummond: The authors explain how two head poobahs from the precursor of the CDC (Charles Chapin and Alexander Langmuir) did a l…
The authors explain how two head poobahs from the precursor of the CDC (Charles Chapin and Alexander Langmuir) did a lot of harm over the years with their aggressive misunderstandings, yet they still want more power to be handed to public health officials.
For those few still interested in droplet vs airborne spread, this is a good historical overview, explaining how various muddles that still plague the field came about. https://t.co/L4TVNy4kdy
RT @jljcolorado: 33/ If you find the history interesting and want more details, the two papers and previous thread have lots of it: - http…
RT @jljcolorado: 29/ @katierandall dogged research found the cause of the 5 um error (just described). We tried to trace references of 5 um…
RT @jljcolorado: 25/ In 1951, Langmuir (then head of epidemiology at @CDCgov) noted that "It remains to be proved that airborne infection i…
RT @jljcolorado: 24/ But... "Some rejected airborne trans. bc it ‘revived the ancient theory of miasmas’. [The Wellses] recognized the per…
RT @jljcolorado: 1/ Our article on historical droplet error (#DropletDogma) just published after peer-review "How did we get here: what ar…
RT @FluidsAndHealth: Deeper dive in history: how concepts evolved or were lost in translation from Flügge to Wells to modern times, highl…
Deeper dive in history: how concepts evolved or were lost in translation from Flügge to Wells to modern times, highlighted with interdisciplinary collaboration between historians, scientists and engineers: https://t.co/DUV9CvuipX @katierandall @linseymar
RT @Hiroshi_Tsuji: いずれも最新流体力学では間違いとされる •飛沫/エアロゾルのカットオフは5μm •飛沫は6feet(1.83m)飛ぶ これら起源を調べたこの査読前論文が出版されました。 各種ガイドラインはコロナで加速したエアロゾル研究や、飛沫で説明出来…
RT @jljcolorado: 1/ Our article on historical droplet error (#DropletDogma) just published after peer-review "How did we get here: what ar…
"muddled and misleading" is an understatement.
RT @TRyanGregory: How did we get here: what are droplets and aerosols and how far do they go? A historical perspective on the transmission…
How did we get here: what are droplets and aerosols and how far do they go? A historical perspective on the transmission of respiratory infectious diseases | Interface Focus https://t.co/F1yXCOvqzZ
@TRyanGregory Also a good time to repost this https://t.co/BrkrTNzUUz
RT @linseymarr: Our paper examining the origins of the erroneous 5 μm cutoff for aerosols v. droplets and the 6' rule is now published. One…
RT @linseymarr: Our paper examining the origins of the erroneous 5 μm cutoff for aerosols v. droplets and the 6' rule is now published. One…
RT @100Dianne: @doc___mm Yep you can again thank chapel from 1900’s for that. Unfortunately droplet theory has not progressed in 120 years.…
RT @100Dianne: @doc___mm Yep you can again thank chapel from 1900’s for that. Unfortunately droplet theory has not progressed in 120 years.…
RT @100Dianne: @SeeLuluRun Yep. All viruses that can be spread by air needs a deep rethink by healthcare. Droplet theory is from the 1900’s…