"So currently, we are protecting HCWs and their patients against a droplet in an ocean of aerosols. This inadequacy would not be tolerated in any other industry — nor should it be in healthcare."
Exactly.
Protection from airborne disease is a workers' rights issue.
#CallForPublicHealthAction
Emma
The World Health Network’s open letter to WHO, signed by over 2,300, calls for respirator use as the standard in healthcare to protect patients and staff. Read here: whn.global/a-call-for-t...
The letter emerged from work initiated through the Unpolitics meeting last year.
January 7, 2026 The letter below (a button to download it as a .pdf file is at the bottom of this page) was sent to seven top officials at the World Health Organization on Wednesday 7 January. We wil...