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kdnyhan

@kdnyhan@social.esmarconf.org

Public health librarian in an academic medical library
Co-founder of Community Access to Ventilation Information, https://cavico2.com/, because everyone should have clean, safe indoor air

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kdnyhan, to random
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Wow. A microbiology lab at Texas A&M accepted purchased raw milk samples from NPR for H5N1 testing, then contacted the milk producers to seek permission. When the producers said, "don't test our milk," the lab not only declined to carry out the tests but also refused to send the samples on to another lab.

kdnyhan,
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In the age of "you do you" public health, it's not just that the government won't/can't guarantee food safety - this public university won't even let you get it tested. That's how much more value they put on agriculture than consumers' rights/transparency/public health.

kdnyhan,
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Source: https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/05/25/g-s1-460/bird-flu-virus-raw-milk-safety

kdnyhan,
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I wonder if someone who gets sick from drinking raw milk can sue the farm that distributed it?

kdnyhan, to random
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Was not expecting to get a laugh from "Google's AI misses the context of the BMJ Xmas issue parachute RCT" in a way that so perfectly exemplifies the intended lesson
https://mastodon.online/@jetton/112493706570320037

ai6yr, to Texas

KFF Health News: Clues From Bird Flu’s Ground Zero on Dairy Farms in the Texas Panhandle https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/bird-flu-ground-zero-texas-dairy-farms-whodunit-h5n1/

kdnyhan,
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@ai6yr Industrial agriculture is fascinating.... But what really caught my attention was:

kdnyhan, to random
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Update: Actually they are rescheduling the June meeting to August 22!

Old info:
SURPRISE for folks:

has another meeting June 6-7

The deadline to submit a request to make an oral public comment is Friday night, MAY 24. Here's the website to submit a request: https://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/php/upcoming-meeting/index.html

HICPAC = Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, I'll put some links with more info below

kdnyhan,
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"in the chat" I meant "in the thread" ;)

NNU got some really interesting information about HICPAC from public records requests.
https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/update-cdc-work-group-proceeds-without-frontline-health-care-workers-unions-and-patient-advocates

@amymaxmen did a great piece
https://californiahealthline.org/news/article/airborne-disease-transmission-who-cdc-new-evidence/

And CIDRAP has written about HICPAC a lot
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/experts-say-cdc-not-getting-right-advice-hospital-infection-prevention
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/updated-who-covid-prevention-guidance-may-endanger-rather-protect-some-experts-say

Scroll up for info about the June 6-7 meeting

kdnyhan,
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@amymaxmen I've looked at the #HICPAC website three times and I don't see the agenda for the June 6-7 meeting.... I'll ask but if someone knows it, please share!

kdnyhan,
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And, anyone who is interested in #HICPAC, you might be interested in the 2024 Joint Commission Standards for Infection Control.

https://netec.org/ufaq-category/general-questions-about-the-2024-joint-commission-standards-for-infection-control/

kdnyhan,
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I'm not clear on how the new Joint Commission Standards for Infection Control could have been "designed to align with CDC guidance" when the CDC Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings is not yet finalized.

kdnyhan,
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Ok, I edited the first post in this thread because there's no June 6-7 meeting after all. When I emailed them to ask about the agenda, they posted this:
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