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Catherine Clase
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Catherine Clase
@CMClase
Professor of medicine, kidney doc, epidemiologist, editor, mask researcher, @docshumanity. Opinions my own. 🦋@CatherineClase
- Hospitals That Ditch Masks Risk Exposure | Bill of Health “But hospitals seeking to avoid liability for hospital-acquired infections cannot bank on plaintiffs being unable to show causation. For example, if an individual is hospitalized….” 1/2 blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2023/02/20/hos…
- ➡️Canada: IHME estimates that 80% mask use would halve daily deaths within a month, saving 20 lives every day ➡️Summary of peer-reviewed evidence at MaskEvidence.org #WearAMask #COVIDIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver
- New name: MaskEvidence.org We curate info on all kinds of masks and the effects of mask wearing Here is our a new downloadable infographic/poster thanks to the amazing Shiblul Hasan maskevidence.org/mask-types #WearAMask #CovidIsNotOver
- Replying to @CMClase“…for an extended period, and develops COVID-19 during that period, the individual may have little difficulty showing that it is probable that the infection was acquired during hospitalization and would not have occurred if the hospital had taken reasonable precautions.” 2/2
- We have a new FAQs index on our MaskEvidence.org website. We curate an evidence-based repository of peer-reviewed information on masks and respirators Please like and share! #WearAMask #WearTheBestMaskAvailable #CovidIsAirborne maskevidence.org/faq
- ➡️Mask mandates in schools reduce student and teacher absences tinyurl.com/ps3jpk6a ➡️4% of children with COVID will get long covid tinyurl.com/mryp6zvh ➡️Template - downloadable - summarizing arguments at: maskevidence.org/masks-in-schoo… @myrabatchelder @nilikm #WeNotMe
- Faculty sleeping over tonight at the @McMasterU student encampment. Disclose Divest Boycott institutions #Gaza #Ceasefire
- Replying to @CMClasePeople interested in this tweet may have seen this but ICYMI here is our curated information on how well masks of different types block aerosols when worn: #N95 #COVIDisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #WearAMask
- On @AM900CHML w Scott Thompson I argued that dropping mask mandates is unkind. I explained about vulnerable people - older, immunosuppressed, on dialysis - how they may not be able to participate in society unless we all wear masks in public. #Masks #CovidIsNotOver #COVID19 1/n
- Replying to @CovidCautionYou might like maskevidence.org where we curate plain language summaries of peer-reviewed evidence about mask efficiency and effectiveness. I post on major updates.
- To respond to the threat of avian influenza, look back at lessons learned from COVID “Masks are a critical resource that must be depoliticized. In the absence of a widely available vaccine, masking will mitigate spread of a pandemic influenza virus strain”
- We're hiring. Looking for an academic nephrologist to join our group of 19 at McMaster. Hamilton #hamont in top 3 best places to be a woman in Canada. Great place to raise children. Close to Toronto, Stratford, Waterloo-Kitchener-Guelph, wine country and camping. DM me...
- ➡️#Paxlovid eligibility ⬆️in #Ontario ➡️Everyone >60y ➡️>18y with a high-risk condition or immunocompromised ➡️>18y with <2 vaccine doses ➡️>18y with >6m since last vaccine or last Covid infection 1/n ontario.ca/page/covid-19-…
