Dr. Mandy Cohen, Director CDC RE: CDC/HICPAC’s Plan to Weaken Guidance for Health Care Respiratory Protection and Infection Control Dear Dr. Cohen: We are writing to you as representatives of the disability community, which has borne the brunt the COVID-19 pandemic (Boswell et al, 2021)[1]. Over the course of the last three years, our organizations … Continued
The primarily goal of our participation in this week’s HICPAC meeting is to respond to their proposed health- and life-threatening policy with both expert and public commentary. Their proposed policy seeks to weaken patient and provider protections in healthcare including by advocating surgical masks for diseases that require N95 respirators and disregarding other science-based precautions. … Continued
Thank you for your interest in signing up for the HICPAC meeting. Here is the link to signup: https://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/meeting.html Below are instructions to help guide you through the signup process and participation: 1. Meeting Purpose: The primary purpose of this registration drive is to respond to HICPAC’s proposed health- and life-threatening policy with both expert … Continued
PARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA La Red Mundial de Salud (del inglés World Health Network) Expresa Preocupaciones Sobre el Borrador de Orientación de los CDC Sobre la Prevención de la Propagación de Enfermedades Infecciosas Cambridge, MA, 11 de agosto de 2023 – La Red Mundial de Salud (RMS), una organización voluntaria de defensa de la salud pública … Continued
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The World Health Network Expresses Concerns Over CDC’s Draft Guidance on Preventing Infectious Disease Spread. Cambridge, MA, Aug 11, 2023 – The World Health Network (WHN), a voluntary public health advocacy organization with professional and citizen members around the world, is deeply troubled by the current approach taken by the Centers for … Continued
It is well-established that N95s offer more protection than surgical masks against breath-emitted airborne pathogens [1] and wildfire smoke [2], which are micron-size fine particles. There is no scientific argument suggesting that surgical masks are equal to N95 respirator masks in protecting against wildfire smoke. Health authorities [3] recommend respirator masks for wildfire smoke, and … Continued
Subject: Urgent Concerns and Recommendations Regarding HICPAC Draft Guidelines From: Infection Prevention Team, World Health Network Dated: August 7, 2023 Dear Member of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), As health care professionals and consumers of healthcare, We appreciate the efforts by HICPAC to update the 2007 CDC’s Isolation Precautions Guidelines. However, We … Continued
In our Spotlight Broadcast Series, we are highlighting businesses taking initiatives to ensure their customers and patients are safe from airborne pathogens. Clean Air Events with Kyle Stevens In this latest episode of COVID-19 Safe Business Spotlight, we chat with Kyle Stevens from Clean Air Events. Discover how Kyle is pioneering clean air solutions with … Continued
Leslie Chu, Heather Sue Rosen, Zoya Melkova, Kim Crawley, Melissa Smallwood, Yaneer Bar-Yam About this article: The writers of this article, originally published in The New York Times, present the White House’s decision to end the vaccine mandates and the Public Health Emergency without fact checking the White House’s claims about the pandemic. Some claims … Continued
Participants in the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland in January 2023 were well protected from COVID using high levels of clean air ventilation and HEPA air filtering. In the cold winter in Davos they didn’t even keep their ventilation at a rate that the rooms were warm, instead people wore winter coats inside. And … Continued