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Dr Barry Jones

@barryjmjones.bsky.social

Chair of CATA - the Covid-19 Airborne Transmission Alliance representing at least 65,000 HCWs in Module 3 of Public Inquiry. Covid lead for BAPEN and BSG member.

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Kristin Meekes@kmeekes.bsky.social · last wk.

Agree, and I also think a part of all of this is how few people in healthcare have been paying attention. Nurses in particular are really not well equipped to push back on the question "why are you in an N95?" (which IPAC still asks me)

David Osborn@safedavid3.bsky.social · 6mo ago

AGPs: ‘DEAD IN THE WATER !’ The Inquiry considered the vexed question of Government only allowing RPE for Aerosol Generating Procedures. It has now been laid to rest – or at least it should be, unless DHSC and NHS persist in ignoring Lady Hallett’s recommendations. /18 of 23

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David Osborn@safedavid3.bsky.social · 6mo ago

This same issue is discussed in more detail at section 8.4 of the above-mentioned CATA report into the UK IPC Cell where Professor Mark Wilcox (NHS England IPC Director) admits the terminology can lead to ‘misperceptions’. /17 of 23

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David Osborn@safedavid3.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The Inquiry discussed the bizarre framing of IPC guidance issued around winter 2021/22 as to when Respiratory Protective equipment should be worn using terms like ‘wholly’ or ‘predominantly’ airborne without making a clear statement as to how each disease is spread. /16 of 23

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David Osborn@safedavid3.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The Inquiry accepted the evidence of three IPC experts which alluded to the lack of skills and bias of the UK IPC Cell. The Inquiry concluded that the UK IPC Cell did not function effectively. /13 of 23

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Mark Ungrin@mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Your regular reminder that the litmus test for integrity and due diligence in medical leadership is their willingness to admit and remedy their failures. One who will not address their errors RE airborne transmission of COVID is negligent, dishonest, or both. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/s...

Lost Lessons Dr. Green was echoing the words of William and Mildred Wells, a husband-and-wife team who discovered the threat of airborne germs in the 1930s. They famously protected children in Philadelphia schools from a measles epidemic in 1940 by installing ultraviolet lamps that disinfected classroom air. “I believe that a provision of pure air for children (and adults) to breathe should be looked upon as of equal importance to the provision of pure water and pure milk,” Mildred Wells later wrote. But she and her husband failed to sway their colleagues, and the threat of airborne germs went underappreciated for generations. When Covid hit in 2020, the World Health Organization emphatically stated that it was not airborne — which turned out to be wrong.
Mark Ungrin@mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Module 3 of the UK COVID Inquiry is out. Encouraging to see explicit recognition of the "widespread failure" of clinical leaders to understand aerosol science, and the "clear failure" of IPC leaders to understand that they might be wrong. #medsky #scisky covid19.public-inquiry.uk/reports/modu....

David Osborn@safedavid3.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This was entirely foreseeable once HCWs realised that, a few weeks earlier, (13/3/20) they'd been deceived into believing FRSMs would keep them safe while delivering close-quarter care to infectious patients. HSE, to their eternal shame, stood by like toothless tigers and just let this happen. 8/19

Dr Kate Cushing@drkatecushing.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Surely better PPE must be provided? @who.int I feel as a fellow doctor & as one impacted significantly with the aftermath of an airborne infectious disease (Covid 19) - that must not let these healthcare workers catch Ebola as a result of substandard face masks. They need FFP2 or FFP3 protection!

Esther@elhopkins.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We need these for Ebola because the virus can be aerosolised and still each day are photos of medical staff sadly wearing FRSM masks. 🧵

David Osborn@safedavid3.bsky.social · 9mo ago

SURGICAL MASKS DO NOT PROTECT So encouraging to see the sheer strength of feeling amongst so many highly-respected scientists & medical practitioners from across the world making representations to WHO This letter from World Health Network is a must-read tinyurl.com/WHN-Letter-t...

Esther@elhopkins.bsky.social · 6mo ago

This is why surgical masks were inadequate -Covid was airborne & we were told to wear gappy surgical masks & handwash for a predominantly airborne virus. A lot of the impacts from lockdown could also be from mild or asymptomatic COVID infections caught in the supermarket or hospital or bubble!

David Osborn@safedavid3.bsky.social · 9mo ago

SURGICAL MASKS DO NOT PROTECT So encouraging to see the sheer strength of feeling amongst so many highly-respected scientists & medical practitioners from across the world making representations to WHO This letter from World Health Network is a must-read tinyurl.com/WHN-Letter-t...

Esther@elhopkins.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Surgical masks have gaps, they are used for droplet surface transmission only not airborne transmission. We should have been told to wear ffp2/3 respirators which seal to the face. There was no advice on opening windows or cleaning the air. Advice that could have prevented countless

Esther@elhopkins.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The Covid inquiry stated 16 days ago that the guidance was ‘flawed’ Covid is officially airborne. So that means the surgical masks worn would not give much protection in poorly ventilated places. It was so stuffy in the vaccine centre I visited I stood on a chair and opened the window.