A Lethal Mystery Illness Is Spreading in Congo. USAID Cuts Have Slowed the Response https://www.wired.com/story/race-to-identify-drcs-mystery-illness-slowed-by-us-aid-cuts-democratic-republic-congo-usaid/ #Science/Health #ViralLoad #Politics #Science
Relative efficacy of masks and respirators as source control for viral aerosol shedding from people infected with SARS-CoV-2: a controlled human exhaled breath aerosol experimental study - eBioMedicine https://www.thelancet.com/journals/ebiom/article/PIIS2352-3964(24)00192-0/fulltext “All #masks and #respirators significantly reduced exhaled #ViralLoad, without fit tests or training. A duckbill N95 reduced exhaled viral load by 98% (95% CI: 97%–99%), and significantly outperformed a KN95 (p < 0.001) as well as cloth and surgical masks. (1/2)
Day 5… for moi
That very dark red line tho
I thought I was getting better
Well RATs are useful gradients for infections
A**hole Motherf**kers are walking around in this condition exhaling & spewing this type of level of virus w/out a mask ALL DAY LONG
It’s morning now so I’m psuedo functioning & atm it appears like a bad “cold”
Also initial #viralLoad DOES matter as my spouse is nearly better in what will be 1/2 time compared to me…
My patience level is zero
thoseinconsiderate people
#UK's #Tory #Government to #drop ‘#discriminatory’ #law stopping people with #HIV starting a #surrogate #family.
This new #legislation will allow for people #livingwithHIV who have an #undetectable #viralload – meaning they can’t pass #HIV on – to donate #eggs or #sperm for #surrogacy.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Tories #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #TERFIsland
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/10/25/government-hiv-surrogacy-law/
@novid @VeeRat @Rachel_Thorn @Pineywoozle @Kjl
I’m actually still wearing a cloth mask to this day, albeit it’s 6 layers of different fibers to create max electrostatic effect & the fit FAR surpasses my initial design; mechanical filtration is a thing
In 2020-mid-2021 #SARS2 was less contagious meaning it took more time to get tipping point #viralLoad
Tbh #n95 gets you <
these days too..
this study interesting & where I got the multi-layered approach
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.0c03252
To be clear, if I have to take the #NYC subway during high peak, I will don a
& 
#microclimateAir2
The air is so saturated w/virions it’s simply not safe to have just a mask. If I can keep it below 1.5 hours, will do the #HEPA necklace & now hold it millimeters from my face. I really should get an elastomeric, but there no way my spouse will let me traipse around in it. I already sneak out w/the b/c he’s afraid people will target me
Long story short, your masks you made for people were a super thing
#Masks matter for more than mandates.
-given the recent study, this post may help fill in some gaps about viral load and infectious #dose. And masks.
#virus #infectiousdose #viralload #SARSCoV2 #COVID19
https://virologydownunder.com/masks-matter-for-more-than-mandates/
Referenced link: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-06-digital-hiv-viral.html
Discuss on https://discu.eu/q/https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-06-digital-hiv-viral.html
Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com: http://nitter.platypush.tech/medical_xpress/status/1671538290950807554#m
RT by @physorg_com: Researchers develop digital test to directly measure #HIV #viralload @penn_state @acsnano https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.3c01917 https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-06-digital-hiv-viral.html
@novid I will admit that I’m not sure that 7 days is enough time to *officially* conclude that he avoided COVID altogether. But, given he and the #CovidPositive girlfriend had been breathing the same air every day before she tested positive, none the wiser, I’m sure he was exposed to a fairly significant amount of #ViralLoad.
The puzzle of how much different people shed virus/viral matter is so interesting, confusing, and annoying 
