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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

🧵 For anyone wondering whether IPC and public health leaders are competent to manage Ebola, the answer is a categorical "no". Current WHO guidance, released May 17, 2026, is still based on the 5-micron error (p51 & 58), out of date since 1934. The quacks responsible should be in jail.

Justification
Protection of the mucous membranes of the eyes, nose and mouth is an integral part of standard and
droplet precautions (19, 122, 123). Droplet precautions consist of IPC measures that aim to prevent
infection with pathogens that can be transmitted by large-particle droplets (larger than 5 μm).
Contamination of mucous membranes is probably the most important mode for filovirus transmission.
Hence, PPE to protect mucosae is essential to prevent transmission. Because of the lack of effective
viral-specific treatments and the high case-fatality rate, the GDG felt that a strong recommendation was
warranted.

Source: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240111332

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An aerosol-generating procedure is a medical procedure that can induce the production of aerosols of
various sizes, including small (< 5 µm) particles. While surgical masks provide barrier protection against
droplets, sprays and splashes of body fluids, they do not protect from exposure to airborne particles.
Particulate respirators provide protection from exposure to particles, including small-particle aerosols
and droplets, provided that the respirator is fit-tested and a seal check is done when the respirator is
put on. While filovirus-specific evidence is lacking, there is a lot of evidence regarding other pathogens
(e.g. Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, SARS) indicating the need for a particulate respirator to be
used during aerosol-generating procedures (124, 125).

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Matti Heino @heinonmatti.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Retraction needed. It's spectacular how 50+ years of progress in aerosol science still fails to penetrate the epistemic community of medicine.

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Feeniksin Kilta - Орден Фенікса @feeniksinkilta.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

🚨 An important update: the delivery of the car has been delayed until July 15th, so we have a bit more time. 🚨 A generous donor will double all remaining donations up to 1721€ until July 15th - let's make this happen! 📜RA/2026/425 📱Mobilepay: 37714 donorbox.org/support-ukra...

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Matti Heino @heinonmatti.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

After yesterday's pre-conference workshop on storifying behaviour change (using a broadcasting paradigm that rather fits ordered contra complex environments), @susanmichie.bsky.social opens the Behaviour Change Conference. 1/

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World Health Network @thewhn.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Ebola is not a disease that should be chased around the world after it spreads. Once transmission enters the global transportation network, it can move to anywhere and from there everywhere. Effective management means acting before that happens. WHN paper: whn.global/scientific/m... #Ebola

WHN graphic with dark background and pink and white text. Text reads: “whn.global. Over 1,000 suspected and confirmed cases have already been reported in the current Ebola outbreak. Experts warn that focusing only on diagnosed cases misses the larger challenge: infections that have not yet been detected, traced, or reported. World Health Network. Science for a safer, healthier world.”

WHN graphic with dark background and pink and white text. Text reads: “whn.global. A new article released from WHN discusses that early community detection, containment measures, and action at major travel hubs are critical to preventing wider spread. Waiting allows outbreaks to grow. Early action creates the opportunity to stop them. Read the full article: whn.global/scientific/management-of-ebola/. World Health Network. Science for a safer, healthier world.”

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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Highlighting this Retraction Watch article because it's both incredibly serious, and just the tip of the iceberg. This reflects a culture of sloppiness and self-interest that is far too widespread in clinical "science" circles, from the "5-micron error" to shoddy evidence synthesis practices. See 🧵

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A medical journal says the case reports it has published for 25 years are, in fact, fiction

A Canadian journal has issued corrections on 138 case reports it published over the last 25 years to add a disclaimer: The cases described are fictional. Paediatrics & Child Health, the journal…

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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

More than you ever wanted to know about toilet plumes. Also, "fecal veneer" is a term @barryhunt008.bsky.social inflicted on my awareness, and I don't see why I should be the only one to suffer. And yes, it is exactly what it sounds like. And yes, it is related. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Commercial toilets emit energetic and rapidly spreading aerosol plumes - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Commercial toilets emit energetic and rapidly spreading aerosol plumes

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Andrea Is Sick of Long Covid @andreastudiescovid.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Bored with stories about Influenza A overwhelming hospitals, etc? Not to worry! Influenza B has now kicked off and is already at two year highs in the Midwest USA. Want to sit out flu season? Wear respirators when indoors where unmasked people are breathing. 😷💉🔬🦠

Graph showing Influenza B levels in the Midwest USA at two year highs.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Central Virginia hospitals recommend masking in health care centers as flu, COVID-19 cases surge Patients with cough, fever, sneezing or a runny nose are strongly encouraged to wear a mask and tell staff about symptoms when visiting clinics, urgent care centres or emergency rooms. archive.md/RTlaD

Screenshot of a Virginia Mercury news article titled “Central Va. hospitals recommend masking in health care centers as flu, COVID-19 cases surge,” published January 13, 2026 by Charlotte Rene Woods. The image shows disposable face masks hanging in a shop window, with blurred shoppers in the background, illustrating renewed masking guidance amid rising respiratory virus cases.

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Aikku 🪼🫧 @roheiini.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Älä 🚫 osta 💰 raketteja 🧨 meillä on sota Euroopassa. Tästä Mitsubishista on enemmän iloa Ukrainassa kuin siitä että perseillään koiranpommien kanssa Suomessa. Tiedät mitä tehdä👇

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Estimating the value of face coverings during the COVID-19 epidemic: a dynamic causal modelling study New from @globalhlthtwit.bsky.social of @independentsage.bsky.social bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/bmjp...

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Matti Heino @heinonmatti.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

I have some paradigmatic reservations relating to the nature of causality in behavioural systems, and the expected efficiency of messaging. But curious about people's thoughts?

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Ilkka Rauvola @jukka235.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

In fact, we’re seeing exponential growth in patient numbers across all disease and age groups in Finland. The trend is strikingly linear on a log scale, with no sign of any slowdown since 2020. No health system can take this for long. It's just a matter of time. 8/x

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IN MICE @inmice.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

AND WOULD THAT BE IN ANY PARTICULAR ANIMAL MODEL BY ANY CHANCE IS THERE SOME IMPORTANT CONTEXT MISSING FROM YOUR HEADLINE PERHAPS SAY IT WITH ME FOLKS

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a hamster is standing on its hind legs and asking how ya doin ' .

Alt: IN MICE

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Andreas Umland @umland.eurosky.social · 02/12/2025

Quote for today's negotiations: "The aggressor is always peace-loving; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed." Carl von Clausewitz in "On War," 1816-1830

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 15/12/2025

The "smartphones/social media" discourse suffers from some amazing historical amnesia. There was no 2008 financial crisis and no global pandemic starting in 2020, it's all SCREENS SCREENS SCREENS. Major world events? Just the backdrop against which SCREENS happened.

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Matti Heino @heinonmatti.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

"From Droplets to Fine Particles: How the pandemic changed our understanding of infection spread" mattiheino.com/2025/12/13/i...

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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.

Positive Covid-19 result for a patient this morning - reasons abound to mask in health care

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Matti Heino @heinonmatti.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

I'm baffled with the new OSF. I have a project with subfolders for different projects. I want to link the relevant subfolder in a manuscript describing those results. But OSF only allows me to share the root folder ➡️ people need to navigate from there on their own?! Help? osf.io/6j2wy/files

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Looks like their plan to boost productivity by ushering everyone back to the office in an ongoing pandemic didn't play out as expected ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...

Ottawa citizen screenshot of headline from Nov 18 - sick days increased almost 14 per cent when public servants returned to office three days a week

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Feeniksin Kilta - Орден Фенікса @feeniksinkilta.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Keräyksemme on jo kivunnut 62% lukemiin tavoitteesta, kiitos teidän aktiivisten tukijoiden 💪 Aikaa saavuttaa tuo 10 000€ on 17.12. asti, eli käytännössä tonni per viikko olisi vielä kerättävää. Laitetaanko sanaa kiertämään yhdessä? 🙏

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

If, like me, you lost a loved one in the UK’s deadly second COVID wave, this WhatsApp chat will confirm that the then government has blood on its hands.

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Matti Vuorre @matti.vuorre.com · 17/11/2025

The most comprehensive dataset of video game play and psychological functioning available with CC0 license at zenodo.org/records/1760...

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Feeniksin Kilta - Орден Фенікса @feeniksinkilta.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Muistatteko aiemmin hankkimamme drooni-ilmaisimet? Tässä palautetta niiden käyttäjältä, yksityiskohtia mainitsematta. Tukemalla Ukrainaa meidän kanssamme, te autatte rohkeimpia ja epäitsekkäimpiä ihmisiä Ukrainassa säilyttämään henkensä 🇫🇮🤝🇺🇦

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World Health Network @thewhn.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

We’re five years into the pandemic, and the science is telling a very different story than “just a cold.” COVID affects blood vessels, organs, metabolism, and cognition — and the impacts compound with each infection.

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Jay Bhattacharya's plan for a new pandemic is for everyone to suddenly be healthy.

Ultimately, public health agencies encouraging people to take whatever steps they can to improve their health will have a dramatic effect during the next pandemic. Whether simply by stopping smoking, controlling hypertension or diabetes, or getting up and walking more, anything that makes the population healthier will prepare us better for the next pandemic.

The best pandemic preparedness playbook for the United States is making America healthy again.

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#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

40 years later… And the thing is, we already have mountains of data NOW that show what COVID does to brains. Why can’t we acknowledge it? Why can’t we face it? Why can’t we say it?

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Veronica Anrathi @disarmonia.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Don’t know if it even made the news outside Ukraine. Three combined heat and power plants fully stopped working after last night’s enormous attack. Unclear if anything can be fixed, millions of people are completely without electricity, heating or running water. Before winter.

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Yeah so several major Ukrainian cities are in a complete blackout right now. 0 generation from thermal plants and 0 idea when the power will be back. Just please don’t forget us

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Kai Sonder @kaisonder.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

#30DayMapChallenge – Day 5: Earth Given the importance of these, global occurrence of rare earth elements according to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the great hashtag#rayrender package in R.

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Matti Heino @heinonmatti.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Reactance (psychology): A counteracting motivational state people may experience, when their autonomy is threatened

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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

One Public Health department is telling the whole story. Shining a light on those who are being less than transparent! Oopsie!

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Feeniksin Kilta - Орден Фенікса @feeniksinkilta.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Haasteesta inspiroituneina tämäniltaisen harjoituksen aiheena oli Feeniksin Kilta goes Arno Rafael Minkkinen - yksi suomalaisen valokuvataiteen suurimmista. Jos haluatte nähdä lopputuloksen, lähettäkää minkä tahansa suuruinen lahjoitus 👀

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World Health Network @thewhn.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

COVID spreads fast in shared indoor air — any season, any time. Let’s build healthy habits that protect us year-round: masks, ventilation, and testing when sick. #PublicHealth #CleanAir #COVID #COVID19 #InfectionPrevention

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Matti Heino @heinonmatti.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Miss Fóx here failed to mention that you can also donate 4e to save the world from named images!

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Nick Brown @steamtraen.eu · 07/11/2025

Oops. Ooooooooooooops. I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years. arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675 h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social

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Matti Heino @heinonmatti.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Retweet disclaimer: did not read past abstract yet

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Kaisa S @kaisasaurio.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

"Pandemia muutti aiempia käsityksiä infektioiden leviämisestä. Ymmärrys ilmatartunnoista tarjoaa keinoja terveellisen sisäilman kehittämiseen ja tulevien epidemioiden ehkäisemiseen." tietokayttoon.fi/-/pisaroista...

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Pisaroista pienhiukkasiin: Pandemia muutti ymmärryksen infektioiden leviämisestä

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Congratulations to Lidia Morawska, the Aussie scientist who alerted the world to the airborne nature of COVID-19. Winner of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science. I’ve learnt so much from being a (very minor) part of Lidia’s team. Brilliant, incisive, generous. www.industry.gov.au/publications...

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Feeniksin Kilta - Орден Фенікса @feeniksinkilta.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Tarjoamme monenlaista apua Ukrainalle: Ensimmäinen projektimme järjestönä: paloauton toimittaminen Harkovan kaupungille yhteistyössä Harkovan ystävyyskaupunki Turun kanssa. Auto toimii nykyään kaupungin tärkeän energiainfran turvaamistehtävissä.

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Cameron Patrick @cameronpat.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

happy 11th anniversary to this email sent to all staff at the School of Mathematics and Statistics

Dear All,

I am delighted to report to you the first results of an experiment that is being conducted in the tea room of this Department.

On 29 August, an Oslo Stainless Steel Cutlery Set (48 Pieces: 12 Knifes, 12 Forks, 12 Tea Spoons, 12 Dinner Spoons) was placed in a drawer in the Departmental tea room. A poster asking not to remove the cutlery from the tea room was attached in a visible location.

The original research plan was to monitor (in real time) the disappearance of the cutlery from the tea room and then fit a point/counting process model to the observed data. However, as the research project failed to attract any major grants (and so hiring a research assistant to do the work was impossible), it was decided to conduct opportunistic discrete monitoring only.

Here is the first result: sixty days in the experiment, the disappearance rates stand as follows:

Knives: 8.3%
Forks: 100%
Tea spoons: 58.3%
Dinner spoons: 41.7%

Possible conclusions include, but are not limited to, the following:

the people who removed the missing cutlery don’t understand written English; they don’t see forks as a special case of cutlery; forks are needed to do some kind of mathematics; the knives from the set are no good; small spoons are slightly more attractive than the large ones; things left in our tea room tend to disappear even if they are not edible; further research is needed to fully understand the phenomenon.

Best,
kostya borovkov

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...

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Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for long COVID symptom relief

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Matti Heino @heinonmatti.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

I don't know anything about British politics. But I'm seeing 25%/29% don't reject, and wonder how important it is to get a numerical majority in this case (contra power to have others conform) medium.com/incerto/the-...

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The Most Intolerant Wins: The Dictatorship of the Small Minority

(Chapter from Skin in the Game)

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

My local kebab shop considers me a hero and gives me free food. Apparently, they were getting robbed one night and I stopped it by talking the robber out of it. But I have no recollection of this because I was almost on the verge of being paralytically drunk. Still, free food.

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Juuso Koponen @juusokoponen.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Erinomainen idea. ”Biologin silmin paras ratkaisu olisi rajaseudun luontokäytävä, joka olisi suojeltujen ja ennallistettujen soiden ja metsien mosaiikki. Vanhat, tiheät metsät tarjoaisivat suojaa luontokappaleille ja drooneilta piiloutuville taistelijoille.” suomenkuvalehti.fi/paajutut/ei-...

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”Ei kukaan hullu siitä hyökkää” – Biologi suunnitteli itärajalle upottavan panssariesteen

Biologi Risto Sulkava ehdottaa ennallistettavaksi 50 ojitettua suoaluetta itärajalta. Ne toimisivat panssariesteinä ja hiilinieluina.

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