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Government ‘dismissed’ concerns over airborne Covid transmission, inquiry told

Published March 20, 2024

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Published by: Independent
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By Sarah Ward

The Scottish Government “dismissed” concerns about the airborne transmission of Covid during the pandemic, an inquiry has heard.

Colin Poolman, director of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in Scotland, also paid tribute at the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry to the “ultimate sacrifice” made by health workers who lost their lives in the pandemic.

He told the inquiry that attempts were made from 2020 by the RCN to raise concerns about airborne transmission with the Scottish Government, due to considerations about personal protective equipment (PPE) and ventilation.

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Hospitals must keep the masks

Published May 17, 2023

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Published by: Ottawa Citizen
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By Mike Buckthought

Re: Three Ottawa hospitals loosen masking requirements, still require them in clinical areas, May 15.

I’m really disappointed to hear that masks will no longer be required in certain public spaces at the Queensway Carleton, Montfort and Royal hospitals. Preventative medicine is best.

We need universal masking with N95 and FFP3 respirators to reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses.

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Masks Work. Distorting Science to Dispute the Evidence Doesn’t

Published May 5, 2023

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Published by: Scientific American
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By Matthew Oliver, Mark Ungrin, Joe Vipond

Masks work. Especially respirator-style N95 masks.

Amid an ongoing pandemic and outbreaks of influenza and RSV caused by airborne viruses, arguing over the virus-blocking power of masks remains one of the COVID era’s signature follies. Disconcertingly, despite decades of evidence of their efficacy, some of the disagreement comes from a few in the medical field itself, misusing science and endangering lives.

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Give FFP3 masks to NHS staff during Omicron, doctors say

Published December 27, 2021

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Published by: The Guardian
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By Denis Campbell

NHS staff treating Covid patients should be given much more protective facewear than thin surgical masks to help them avoid getting infected during the Omicron rise, doctors say.

The British Medical Association (BMA), Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA) and Doctors’ Association UK are calling for frontline personnel to be given FFP3 masks.

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Upgrading PPE for staff working on COVID-19 wards cut hospital-acquired infections dramatically

Published June 29, 2021

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Published by: University of Cambridge
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“Once FFP3 respirators were introduced, the number of cases attributed to exposure on COVID-19 wards dropped dramatically – in fact, our model suggests that FFP3 respirators may have cut ward-based infection to zero.”

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Cambridge hospital’s mask upgrade appears to eliminate Covid risk to staff

Published June 29, 2021

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Published by: The Guardian
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By Nicola Davis, Denis Campbell

Hospital infection study shows use of FFP3 respirators at Addenbrooke’s ‘may have cut ward-based infection to zero’

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