Message to my analysis workforce
April 9, 2022 by ferniglab
So immediately I despatched this electronic mail as a reminder to the members of my analysis workforce.
“I write this electronic mail as a result of College administration has abdicated all accountability in the direction of the wellbeing of their workers and college students, and their households. Present College and UK authorities Covid ‘guidelines’ contradict the simplest proof, which is predicated on exceptionally stable physics and biology/medication. We’re scientists able to vital considering, and we should always carry these qualities into our each day lives.
Over the previous few weeks our masking at work has develop into fairly poor.
The masks we put on defend others – to guard your self you want a FFP2 or N95.
Everybody in my group WILL put on a masks always besides when they’re consuming. I established this guidelines earlier than the 2020 lockdown and it has served us effectively, stopping plenty of neighborhood acquired instances from spreading to different lab members.
Meaning sporting a masks correctly, over the nostril AND mouth.
Why this reminder?
As a result of
1. The pandemic stays is stronger than within the Spring of 2020, as variants are extra transmissible.
2. Vaccines are imperfect, plenty of us have kids in school who is probably not vaccinated (pediatric vaccination is now accessible and I’d advocate it, for causes defined beneath)/
3. There’s a stage of discomfort related to sporting a masks and infrequently after vaccination.
4. So why? As a result of Covid is a multi organ systemic illness. You don’t have to have extreme lung illness to have hits on different organs. ALL main organs are affect4d, mind, coronary heart, liver, kidney, pancreas.
5. The consequence of multi organ systemic illness is long0-term incapacity. You’re all younger, you don’t wish to spend a long time with a significant incapacity or two when you can keep away from thi this.
6. Vaccinated individuals get covid.
7. Vaccinated individuals who have been contaminated get re-infected.]
8. Every time you get covid you’ve a ten% probability of growing Lengthy Covid, that’s the multi organ long-term illness that follows an infection. That is true for me as it’s for youngsters. A easy calculation, take a household of 4, getting contaminated 2x a 12 months, how lengthy earlier than one in every of them has Lengthy Covid?
So masks on and correctly, as we did in March 2020 earlier than lockdown. Anybody not complying will probably be despatched dwelling.
Dave