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Augie Ray Feb 26

If I could give a 3-minute presentation to every board of every hospital in the world:

Five Simple Questions: Answer yes or no:

Does wearing a respirator protect healthcare workers from viral infections?

Do infected healthcare workers with flu, RSV, COVID and other viral illnesses infect patients?

Do nosocomial infections harm patients and impair recovery?

Does this facility's mission commit us to protect the health of those we serve?

Will we implement a masking policy immediately?

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2qx 🔻Feb 26

@augieray

Roughly speaking, the maximum potential impact of a virus is the susceptible population (below herd immunity) times the case fatality rate.

Foreign advisories aren't just attacking masks, they've been spreading disinformation about vaccines.

If you open a spreadsheet and make a table of the maximum potential impact for airborne viruses with vaccines, you'll be left with one slide that should turn every hospital board ghostly white.

When they say the virus doesn't exist ...

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2qx 🔻

@augieray ... tell them about the history of the Soviet bio-weapon program.