Reposted by John JohnstonMark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Not only was this arguably the worst medical error anyone has ever made in all of human history... bsky.app/profile/mark... 110220
Reposted by John JohnstonMark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 03/12/2025There's an inconvenient truth for public health leaders who insisted COVID doesn't spread in schools. I mean, not too inconvenient. It's not like there are any standards of professional conduct. Is killing people out of sheer incompetence embarrassing? Or is it too normalized now? 14923
Reposted by John JohnstonMark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 20/11/2025The second report of the UK COVID Inquiry is out. The two volumes are here: covid19.public-inquiry.uk/documents/mo... The section on "The focus on handwashing over ventilation" begins in section 12.32 of the second volume (page 167 in the PDF of voume 2). #itsairborne #COVID #longCOVID #aerosolcovid19.public-inquiry.ukModule 2, 2A, 2B, 2C Report - Core decision-making and political governance UK Covid-19 Inquiry ArchivesA report by The Rt Hon the Baroness Hallett DBE, Chair of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry on the core decision-making and political governance, dated 20 November 2025. 711859
Reposted by John JohnstonMark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Poor Public Health leadership in SARS, preoccupied with turf wars and controlling information to gain power instead of doing the job and saving lives poses a key question: Why is that behaviour *so typical* of IPC / PH leaders, fighting to exclude "competitors" like OHS, science, engineering etc? 27516
Reposted by John JohnstonMark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 09/12/2024The lack of transparency is another aspect that seems to be permanently baked into the culture of IPC and Public Health. I suspect a consequence of the toxic politics institutional medicine is famous for, with "peacetime generals" wrestling for power and authority. 26413
Reposted by John JohnstonMark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 09/12/2024🧵 Excerpts from the 2006 report of Canada's SARS Commission. An inquiry into the mismanagement of SARS-CoV-1, it was the most essential read for any competent IPC / Public Health professional attempting to avoid mismanaging SARS-COV-2. So…mostly ignored. www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/e_records... 26389158
Reposted by John JohnstonMark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Noting once again that this wasn't some inevitable Act of God. Public health and infection control leaders decided reading a few papers meant they knew science better than actual scientists, and rejected the reality that COVID is airborne - likely the worst medical error in history. 312761
Reposted by John JohnstonDr Satoshi Akima, FRACP @toshiakima.bsky.social · 15/04/2025The moral of the story is this: do not experiment on yourself by snorting airborne viruses into your brain. Stay in the control group. 623265
John Johnston @johnjohnstoned.bsky.social · 15/04/2025“A few pathogenic bacteria have been detected in hospital air, including Pseudomonas…. Exposure to these pathogens can lead to serious hospital-acquired infections, with estimates suggesting that 10–20 % of hospital-acquired infections are associated with patient contact to airborne pathogens” 010
Reposted by John JohnstonDr Satoshi Akima, FRACP @toshiakima.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Reducing the Risk of Long COVID in Kids: Why Reinfection Matters and What We Can Do johnsnowproject.org/primers/redu...johnsnowproject.orgReducing the Risk of Long COVID in Kids: Why Reinfection Matters and What We Can DoChildren who get COVID-19 again are more likely to experience long-term issues. 510658
Reposted by John JohnstonMark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Another example of the junk clinical studies celebrated in Evidence Based Medicine because of methodology alone. Beloved "gold standard" of opinion launderers and cherry pickers, often designed with little or no mechanistic understanding or subject-matter expertise. link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comRespiratory consequences of N95-type Mask usage in pregnant healthcare workers—a controlled clinical study - Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection ControlBackground Outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases have led to guidelines recommending the routine use of N95 respirators for healthcare workers, many of whom are women of childbearing age. The resp... 1221766
Reposted by John JohnstonSimon A. Joosten @simonjoosten.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Our latest paper on the efficacy of germicidal UV radiation just landed at Journal of Hazardous Materials. Thank-you JHM for a smooth peer review process. doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...doi.org 0138
Reposted by John JohnstonKimberly Prather PhD @kprather.bsky.social · 11/01/2025"Science tells us that portable air filters reduce infections. It's time for public health authorities to make this clear" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comScience tells us that portable air filters reduce infections. It's time for public health authorities to make this clearThroughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian public health advisors and politicians have shared mixed messages about the utility of portable air filters… 915667
Reposted by John JohnstonMark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 07/01/2025While reflecting on the complete lack of preparedness for a potential H5N1 pandemic, I came across this 2021 graphic from @jensvb.bsky.social and it couldn't be more accurate. If H5N1 takes off before the public health and IPC leaders who botched the COVID response have been fired, we're toast. 37125
Reposted by John JohnstonMark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 07/01/2025AHS guidance on preventing COVID. We're well beyond incompetence - it's criminal negligence at this point. There's no legitimate reason not to mention airborne transmission and the importance of respiratory protection - it's a choice to let more people die. myhealth.alberta.ca/Topic/Immuni... 512346
John Johnston @johnjohnstoned.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Misleading the world about the mode of transmission of the pathogen threatening to “wreak havoc” was inexcusable…. Why have Tedros, Ryan and the WHO never been called to account? …..they haven’t even bothered to offer an excuse for this tragic exchange. Failing to learn allows history to repeat. 053
John Johnston @johnjohnstoned.bsky.social · 06/01/2025What gave Maria such confidence to speak with such certainty about the mode of transmission? Completely disregard the precautionary principle? Did she not understand the potential consequences of getting it wrong? So many questions to be answered as to why WHO failed to learn from SARS1. 361
Reposted by John JohnstonColin Kinner @colinkinner.bsky.social · 12/11/202490-minute Primer on COVID Safety For Schools. A free resource for teachers and parents to get an overview of the issues and practical tips on what they can do to minimise health risks from COVID. www.covidsafetyforschools.org/primer @covidsafetyed.bsky.socialcovidsafetyforschools.orgPrimer — COVID Safety For Schools 1117688
John Johnston @johnjohnstoned.bsky.social · 12/11/2024We need experts that can understand and deal with the reality of the science of transmission….not those immobilised by heads in the sand groupthink and entrenched in erroneous historical droplet dogma. bsky.app/profile/prof... 2103
John Johnston @johnjohnstoned.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Important message for the pandemic preparation team at WHO.media.tenor.coma man in a suit and tie is clapping his hands and saying `` yes '' .Alt: a man in a suit and tie is clapping his hands and saying `` yes '' . 051
John Johnston @johnjohnstoned.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Occupational health experts who understand transmission and the precautionary principle need to replace experts in IPAC “Occupational health standards of control tend to be higher than those in a public health context and can contribute to the good practice of infection control and public health…” 0114
Reposted by John JohnstonSally Witcher @salwitcher.bsky.social · 11/11/2024📢New UK Government petition just out: "Introduce new air quality and PPE rules for health and social care settings". If you're a British citizen or UK resident it would be great if you could sign it, & even if you're not if you could share it. Thank you! 🙏 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...petition.parliament.ukPetition: Introduce new air quality and PPE rules for health and social care settingsWe want the Government to set new rules on air quality and infection control in health and social care settings, to prevent and control airborne infections, with new ventilation and filtration require... 24430
John Johnston @johnjohnstoned.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Important to understand the IPC “droplet is good enough” groupthink perpetuated by John Conly while at WHO…. Cost of N95s, fit testing, implications of saying it is AIRBORNE ie isolation requirements and negative pressure rooms, mistaken belief in efficacy of surg masks vs “perils” of N-95s….?? 183
John Johnston @johnjohnstoned.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Avoiding infection requires an understanding of transmission…. most in medicine never really understood how respiratory pathogens transmitted. A ballistic droplet strategy was destined to fail. We now know the importance of aerosols in shared air and the futility of relying on hand washing. 010
Reposted by John JohnstonDenis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 04/09/2024COVID patients breathe large amounts of virus early on. "COVID patients exhale high numbers of virus during the first eight days after symptoms start, as high as 1,000 copies per minute, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study." Study: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...news.northwestern.eduCOVID patients breathe large amounts of virus early onNorthwestern investigators collect samples over the entire course of infection to determine when a person is most infectious 67541
Reposted by John Johnston🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 06/09/2024Today's essential read for all those who care about HCW and patient safety. www.bohs.org/media-resour...bohs.orgDoctor to take the stand at COVID-19 Inquiry to expose UK officials - British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS)Dr Barry Jones chairs the COVID-19 Airborne Transmission Alliance (CATA) which is a Core Participant in the UK COVID-19 Inquiry. The Alliance includes professional associations representing 65,000 hea... 0177
John Johnston @johnjohnstoned.bsky.social · 27/10/2024“The great: Finally, an acknowledgment that short-range airborne transmission is an integral component of all (not just COVID) airborne transmission.” But WHO are still saying “direct deposition” or droplets for influenza? www.who.int/publications... 042
Reposted by John JohnstonProf Raymond Agius @profraymondagius.bsky.social · 07/12/2023My latest article, entitled "COVID-19 in Workplace Settings: Lessons Learned for Occupational Medicine in the UK." is now available online: doi.org/10.23749/mdl... TL;DR: here is a thread of a few of paraphrased salient points, including some of the other works to which reference was made... 1/10 21714
John Johnston @johnjohnstoned.bsky.social · 21/10/2024Ebola “routes” of transmission…? Travel, nosocomial, traditional healer, village….. SARS2 has shown us we need to be more focused on getting the science of how a pathogen transmits right to have a better chance of more targeted and rational mitigation strategies. 081
John Johnston @johnjohnstoned.bsky.social · 19/10/2024Any way to get of all these sort of posts on @support.bsky.team ??? 130
![It's not enough to say we have "COVID" under control.
We are now experiencing multiple parallel variant pandemics, and need to ask whether they are each under control *individually*.
This also illustrates why it's important to teach evolution in schools.
[chart showing clear exponential growth of the Delta variant well before mitigations were dropped in Alberta's "Open for the Summer" initiative - 2% of all unvaccinated Albertans over 70 were killed specifically by COVID over the next 6 months]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ou6sjyhswn7s3qyfqhw7mbk6/bafkreib7hktddef66dnzj7c6grlii5lncwoj33dpidaekjn3mv6guhylaa)
