COVID-19 and Airborne Transmission: Science Rejected, Lives Lost. Can Society Do Better?

Morawska, Lidia; Bahnfleth, William; Bluyssen, Philomena M.; Boerstra, Atze; Buonanno, Giorgio; Dancer, Stephanie J.; Floto, Andres; Franchimon, Francesco; Haworth, Charles; Hogeling, Jaap; Isaxon, Christina; Jimenez, Jose L.; Kurnitski, Jarek; Li, Yuguo; Loomans, Marcel; Marks, Guy; Marr, Linsey C.; Mazzarella, Livio; Melikov, Arsen Krikor; Miller, Shelly; Milton, Donald K.; Nazaroff, William; Nielsen, Peter V.; Noakes, Catherine; Peccia, Jordan; Querol, Xavier; Sekhar, Chandra; Seppänen, Olli; Tanabe, Shin-ichi; Tellier, Raymond; Wai, Tham Kwok; Wargocki, Pawel; Wierzbicka, Aneta

doi:10.1093/cid/ciad068

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Hospital cleaning: past, present, and future (2023)
Journal Article
Dancer, S. J. (2023). Hospital cleaning: past, present, and future. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 12(1), Article 80. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-023-01275-3

Introduction: The importance of hospital cleaning for controlling healthcare-associated infection (HAI) has taken years to acknowledge. This is mainly because the removal of dirt is inextricably entwined with gender and social status, along with lack... Read More about Hospital cleaning: past, present, and future.

COVID-19 and Airborne Transmission: Science Rejected, Lives Lost. Can Society Do Better? (2023)
Journal Article
Morawska, L., Bahnfleth, W., Bluyssen, P. M., Boerstra, A., Buonanno, G., Dancer, S. J., Floto, A., Franchimon, F., Haworth, C., Hogeling, J., Isaxon, C., Jimenez, J. L., Kurnitski, J., Li, Y., Loomans, M., Marks, G., Marr, L. C., Mazzarella, L., Melikov, A. K., Miller, S., …Wierzbicka, A. (2023). COVID-19 and Airborne Transmission: Science Rejected, Lives Lost. Can Society Do Better?. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 76(10), 1854-1859. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciad068

This is an account that should be heard of an important struggle: the struggle of a large group of experts who came together at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic to warn the world about the risk of airborne transmission and the consequences of i... Read More about COVID-19 and Airborne Transmission: Science Rejected, Lives Lost. Can Society Do Better?.