1 Most health authorities consider droplet transmission to be important with influenza. If this is true, then height and high heels should give some protection.
Influenza
1 A US Institute of Medicine task force has just reported on the use of PPE with the H1N1 Swine Flu. Of particular interest is early findings from Professor MacIntyre’s (University of New South Wales) study into PPE in Chinese hospitals Major findings of the task force from an occupational hygiene […]
US IOM Task Force reports on PPE with HINI Swine ...
The National Academies Press has a free download “Reusability of Facemasks During an Influenza Pandemic: Facing the Flu (2006)“. Unfortunately they see a huge need for more research in the area, so the advice tends to be a bit of a guess.
Reusing flu facemasks
Swine flu in Austrailia in 2009 appears to heading for a worse winter than the US, but the approaches by the Australian public health authorities are confused.
Flu trends and over-reaction
Even though the WHO has renamed Swine Flu “Influenza A H1N1“, I suspect the popular name will remain Swine Flu. The National Academies Press have a number of books that can be downloaded for free as PDF files (you need to sign in with your email address) that are useful, […]