Statement: CIDRAP has never claimed Ebola is airbo

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    Statement released by CIDRAP saying comments attributed to them about Ebola being airborne or transmitted by air are false 

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/response-statements-falsely-attributed-cidrap-regarding-ebola-transmission

Response to statements falsely attributed to CIDRAP regarding Ebola transmission

Oct 16, 2014

On Sep 17, CIDRAP News, a service of the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), published a guest commentary by Lisa M Brosseau, ScD, and Rachael Jones, PhD, titled "Health workers need optimal respiratory protection for Ebola." Dr. Brosseau is a Professor and Dr. Jones an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

The commentary addresses potential modes of transmission for Ebola in healthcare settings and discusses the implications for optimal respiratory protection for healthcare workers. CIDRAP concludes that the commentary is based on sound science and believes it is an important consideration in the safety of healthcare workers who provide care to Ebola patients.

Nearly one month after publication of the commentary, the websites Breitbart and The Inquisitr News published incorrect information concerning it. In an effort to correct misinformation, we want to state CLEARLY that:

CIDRAP has not made claims that "Ebola is Airbone" or that "Ebola [is] Transmittable by Air."

The guest commentary cited by Breitbart and The Inquisitr News was authored by two leading researchers with the University of Illinois at Chicago (not the University of Minnesota as wrongly reported).
The Twitter account @UnivMinnNews, which tweeted the article published by The Inquisitr News, is not managed or authorized by the University of Minnesota.
Transmission of Ebola must be considered in both the context of healthcare settings and within the general community. This commentary in question specifically addressed transmission risk within a healthcare setting and does not address community transmission.

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Hazelpad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: September 09 2014 Status: Offline Points: 6910	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hazelpad Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Topic: Statement: CIDRAP has never claimed Ebola is airbo Posted: October 21 2014 at 2:47am
	Statement released by CIDRAP saying comments attributed to them about Ebola being airborne or transmitted by air are false http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/response-statements-falsely-attributed-cidrap-regarding-ebola-transmission Response to statements falsely attributed to CIDRAP regarding Ebola transmission Oct 16, 2014 On Sep 17, CIDRAP News, a service of the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), published a guest commentary by Lisa M Brosseau, ScD, and Rachael Jones, PhD, titled "Health workers need optimal respiratory protection for Ebola." Dr. Brosseau is a Professor and Dr. Jones an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The commentary addresses potential modes of transmission for Ebola in healthcare settings and discusses the implications for optimal respiratory protection for healthcare workers. CIDRAP concludes that the commentary is based on sound science and believes it is an important consideration in the safety of healthcare workers who provide care to Ebola patients. Nearly one month after publication of the commentary, the websites Breitbart and The Inquisitr News published incorrect information concerning it. In an effort to correct misinformation, we want to state CLEARLY that: CIDRAP has not made claims that "Ebola is Airbone" or that "Ebola [is] Transmittable by Air." The guest commentary cited by Breitbart and The Inquisitr News was authored by two leading researchers with the University of Illinois at Chicago (not the University of Minnesota as wrongly reported). The Twitter account @UnivMinnNews, which tweeted the article published by The Inquisitr News, is not managed or authorized by the University of Minnesota. Transmission of Ebola must be considered in both the context of healthcare settings and within the general community. This commentary in question specifically addressed transmission risk within a healthcare setting and does not address community transmission.

jacksdad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Executive Admin Joined: September 08 2007 Location: San Diego Status: Offline Points: 47251	Post Options Post Reply Quote jacksdad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: October 21 2014 at 9:04am
	Thanks for the clarification, Hazelpad.
	"Buy it cheap. Stack it deep" "Any community that fails to prepare, with the expectation that the federal government will come to the rescue, will be tragically wrong." Michael Leavitt, HHS Secretary.

onefluover Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: April 21 2013 Location: Death Valleyish Status: Offline Points: 20151	Post Options Post Reply Quote onefluover Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: October 21 2014 at 9:36am
	I knew that was bogus.
	"And then there were none."

Germ Nerdier Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Germ Nerdier Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: October 23 2014 at 8:06pm
	It wasn't bogus, but it does highlight why some scientists are afraid to come forward with clarification on the finer points. At no point did the paper say it was airborne. It talked about aerosolisation of fluids in a clinical setting. Other news outlets/blogs twisted it to suit their own agenda, putting the weight of source on the authors of the paper. Thus it appeared the authors claimed it was airborne, when in fact they did not. Now there is an uproar and that puts the professional reputations of the authors at risk. Truly a shame. The authors meant to save lives of doctors and nurses. Instead of thanks, they're in the center of a mess that is not of their doing.

Hazelpad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hazelpad Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: October 24 2014 at 2:18am
	I dont think they are back tracking. I think their comments were taken out of context. They believe the transmission in a "hospital setting" is different from community transfer. This difference is probably based on the use of certain medical equipment. For example even basic nebulisers ( While waiting for transfer Dr Brantly and those patients in Nigeria had nebulisers), can mean droplet transmission has a larger range. For example nebulising antibiotics for NTM mycobacterium positive patients requires infection control issues that dont apply in normal everyday activties. A CF patient can go to school with mycobacterium abscessus mingle etc, but nebulisers them and those in the room need respiratory protection. The need for respiratory protection probably increases with the more invasive respiration aids, and dialysis of blood, available in the more advanced medical care facilities such as seen in Dallas. I think they are making this clear in their statement, that infection control issues in healthcare settings are not the same as that needed by the general population. Seems people over extrapolated and applied it to the sensationalism that airborne Ebola sells more fear and more papers. They are not apologising for their guidelines, they are not back tracking on this, they are clearly pissed off at people taking their comments completely out of context, using their statement to mean Ebola is airborne in the community.