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Maarten De Cock
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    Maarten De Cock
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    Aug 28, 2024
    Wouldn't it be a good idea to use augmented reality technology during an airborne pandemic to make people more aware of the importance of indoor air quality?
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    Karthik Patanjali
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    Dec 3, 2019
    Compare your city’s air with the World’s most polluted air, in #AugmentedReality nytimes.com/interactive/20…
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    Maarten De Cock
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    May 8, 2022
    Why I carry a CO2 meter with me... I possibly escaped an infection by immediately leaving this restaurant. A person who stayed there, later tested positive. If we want to prevent the next wave or even the next pandemic, we need to keep fighting for #SafeIndoorAir! #covidCO2
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    Maarten De Cock
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    Nov 7, 2021
    Prof. Jose-Luis Jimenez: “Droplets and surfaces are very convenient for people in power - all of the responsibility is on the individual. On the other hand, if you admit it is airborne, institutions, governments and companies have to do something.” telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…
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    Maarten De Cock
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    Oct 2, 2021
    Prof Jose-Luis Jimenez:“Droplets on surfaces is very convenient for people in power - all of the responsibility is on the individual. On the other hand, if you admit it is airborne, institutions, governments and companies have to do something.”@jljcolorado
    The 2,000-year-old airborne disease theory that blinded Covid experts
    From telegraph.co.uk
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    Maarten De Cock
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    Jun 21, 2024
    A new study found that when Swiss hospitals switched to a more stringent mask policy, “the percentage of healthcare-associated infections subsequently declined in institutions with policy switch but not in the others.” Again: we live in a world where the laws of physics apply.
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    Maarten De Cock
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    Jun 18, 2024
    A new study found that the difference between not strictly and strictly wearing N95 respirators in healthcare settings is equivalent to the difference between detecting or not detecting SARS-CoV-2 in the air. In other words, we live in a world where the laws of physics apply.
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    Maarten De Cock
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    May 7, 2024
    At the time when @WHO was assuring the world: “COVID-19 is NOT airborne”… …a ‘return to office’-document for WHO staff in Geneva stated: Ventilation system has been modified • increased volume of external air • no recycling of air • filters rated as high as we can go… 🤔
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    Maarten De Cock
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    Jun 18, 2024
    A new study found that the difference between not strictly and strictly wearing N95 respirators in healthcare settings is equivalent to the difference between detecting or not detecting SARS-CoV-2 in the air. In other words, we live in a world where the laws of physics apply.
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    Maarten De Cock
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    Jun 13, 2023
    Interesting new study from Japan shows how the airborne infection risk in a room can quickly be made visible with a CO2 monitor. Check out the hospital outbreaks. They show once again how droplet precautions against SARS-CoV-2 are simply inadequate. 👉link.springer.com/article/10.100…
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    Maarten De Cock
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    Apr 4, 2022
    Belgium has finally come up with a solid indoor air policy. This ventilation plan could have been done much earlier and it is not perfect, but it will certainly be a step towards more #SafeIndoorAir. Hopefully it may inspire many other countries!
    Bars, cinemas, gyms: Belgium agrees on 'ventilation plan' for public places
    From brusselstimes.com
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    Maarten De Cock
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    Sep 7, 2023
    Massachusetts, Act of 1888: ‘Every public building and every schoolhouse shall be ventilated in such a proper manner that the air shall not become so exhausted as to be injurious to the health of the persons present therein.’ The inspectors went from school to school with… 🧵
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    Maarten De Cock
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    Oct 17, 2023
    "Managers are reading this and freaking out.” From an e-mail (Apr. 7, 2020) between two former White House Medical Unit Directors after CDC suggests possibility of airborne transmission. Found on: originsearch.io
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    Maarten De Cock
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    Aug 16, 2024
    One big lesson I learned from the pandemic: read the scientific studies yourself, unfiltered by public health agencies and mainstream media, because they never tell the public the whole truth (to put it mildly). Example: this study is never mentioned by public health/newspapers.
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    Maarten De Cock
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    Jun 5, 2021
    Belgium's Corona Commissioner @PedroFacon: 👉Aerosol/cigarette smoke analogy. 👉CO2 meters: • Recommended in ALL indoor public spaces. • MANDATORY in hotels, restaurants, bars, banquet halls and fitness centers. Many thanks for this pioneering initiative! #SafeIndoorAir
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    Maarten De Cock
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    Oct 20, 2024
    44 aircrew flew while infectious with mpox on 177 domestic flights and 70 U.S.-bound international flights. “CDC did not include passengers in the aircraft contact definition for aircrew with mpox; therefore, secondary cases among passengers may have also been missed.”
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