#15-Megan Mansell
From The Informed Health Initiative by Culpepper McCuller
April 30, 2026 · 1h 6m · Episode 15
About this episode
The episode features an interview with Megan Mansell discussing the complexities of PPE and masking during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Today we will be talking to Megan Mansell, who served as a rare voice of reason and common sense concerning masking during the worst days of the COVID hysteria.Megan is a former district education director over special populations integration, serving students who are profoundly disabled, immunocompromised, undocumented, autistic, and behaviorally challenged; she also has a background in hazardous environs PPE applications. She is experienced in writing and monitoring protocol implementation for immunocompromised public sector access under full ADA/OSHA/IDEA compliance. She is the author of the book Accommodating Chaos, and a contributor at Brownstone Institute and Rational Ground publications.I today's show, we will address the following: PPE is highly regulated and hazard specific. There is an entire field — Industrial Hygiene — dedicated to making sure that PPE meets specific thresholds to be deemed mitigating. Aerosol mitigation in medical settings is not under the purview of medical practitioners. Many people complied not out of personal fear but because they thought they were being helpful, but instilling a false sense of security for the truly medically vulnerable is…
People in this episode
Host: Culpepper McCuller
Guest: Megan Mansell
Topics covered
- COVID-19
- masking
- PPE
- public health
- immunocompromised
- industrial hygiene
Keywords
- masking
- PPE
- COVID-19
- public health
- immunocompromised
- industrial hygiene
- Accommodating Chaos
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Brownstone Institute, Rational Ground
Products: Accommodating Chaos
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