Aerobiologist, epidemiologist, physician, bicycle commuter
Distinguished University Professor, Dept of Global Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health
Important opinion piece led by @donmilton.bsky.social and colleagues in British Medical Journal calling on @who.int to revisit approach to airborne virus risk in light of #hantavirus outbreak — read the whole article here:
www.bmj.com/content/393/...
This short film about one night in one city documents racial profiling and a host of other abuses by ICE using body cam footage.
Issued as a video opinion by full editorial board of the New York Times, it is utterly bone-chilling.
Gift link. Please take the time to watch it, then call your reps.
Let’s talk about lessons learned, still to be learned, protecting healthcare workers, and the precautionary principle.
Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social just interviewed Don Milton @donmilton.bsky.social about our paper in @bmj.com on #hantavirus and the need for airborne precautions.
substack.com/@erictopol/n...
The #Andeshantavirus outbreak will be controlled by #PublicHealth interventions underway. But that might be because the incubation period is measured in weeks not days. With reproductive rate=2, asymptomatic transmission, and 1 week incubation - delaying airborne infection controls = lose control.
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition:
The first unionized Apple store in the U.S. is closing—Towson deserves better, and so do its workers.
Tell Apple to Respect Its Unionized Workers: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
open.substack.com/pub/avaduver...
Don Milton
School of Public Health at the University of Maryland
