Jonathon writes,
One comment about this exhaled mist: quite a long time ago, a long-absent list member who was very active in SARS studies claimed that exhaled vapor from SARS patients, treated with some kind of inhalation therapy, rapidly infected the therapists, doctors, and nurses.
I have a problem with the 'danger of exhaled mist' claim, especially when there isn't more detailed data. There are just far too many unanswered questions. For one, don't SARS patients normally exhale? Is there some special property of exhaled nebulizer mist compared to exhaled breath? Do airborne viruses in the lungs attach themselves more readily to exhaled mist than exhaled breath, the latter containing microscopic water vapor particles? You know, like the fogging produced when a person breathes on a mirror? For two, wouldn't there be some reduction in the viability of a virus that lands on a water droplet laden with ionic EIS? Surely THAT satisfies the 'direct contact' mechanism. For three, what I can recall about the original claim, and my apologies for the speculation and no supportive links, was that the SARS patient was receiving a steroid medication via a medical nebulizer. The only video I could find at the time about that process showed copious and continuous amounts of mist exiting both the patient and the machine. Such a large volume of mist does not occur when using my machine and I'll bet the same is true for most retail ultrasonic nebulizer machines.
Bottom line: if you are seriously ill and using a nebulizer, stay away from everyone! I believed the correspondent's report -- Catherine Someone -- and have not forgotten it.
See http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/m60283.html for the start of the thread. The comment about nebulizing is near the bottom of the note.
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