With wildfire smoke season here, we all need to think about air quality inside where we spend most of our time. This article provides multiple examples measuring the air quality inside my home from wildfire smoke and cooking.
It looks as though carbon dioxide concentration isn't just a proxy measurement for ventilation: an article in Nature says that higher CO2 is an independent risk factor, because pH levels affect how long the virus lives in the air.
Ventilation can reduce exposure to respiratory viruses in indoor spaces.
“Steps for cleaner air to prevent the spread of respiratory viruses can be taken any time, especially when:
• Respiratory viruses are causing a lot of illness in your community.
• You or those around you were recently exposed to a respiratory virus, are sick, or are recovering.
• You or the people around you have risk factors for severe illness”
👋 “Long COVID and its myriad manifestations … can literally happen across a lifespan…no demographic group [is] immune.”
🦠 ”COVID-19 is an #airborne virus…investment in #ventilation infrastructure would not only decrease the risk of COVID and other airborne illnesses, but also potential future viruses and pandemics.”
🚨“Staying up to date on vaccines and #boosters can dramatically reduce the likelihood of getting #longCOVID,”
@Krise_DIY@longcovid what Airinum did tell me is that the #ventilation rate or 'Clean Air Delivery Rate' (#CADR) was 8.7 m³/h. The research I attached in my original post mentions ">99.97% at 7.1 ventilation volumes", but I cannot find the unit. If it is indeed 7.1m³/h, then it sounds like the Hale #airpurifier is exceeding the ratio.
“Bad air(…)promotes the spread of contagious disease, and not infrequently makes closing as a prevention necessary. Schools which have suffered such almost yearly loss of weeks have, after the introduction of good ventilation, been for years free from such interruption.”
"Guidelines that adhere to the highest standards of infection control might please purists in public health who don’t have to make policies for the real world. However, guidelines that seem to acknowledge that workers often don’t have paid sick leave and emergency child care, and that social interactions are important to folks, are more likely not only to be followed but to engender trust in public health authorities."
There are many people who can't afford to take days off work even when they are ill. The CDC should be recommending that employers give workers paid sick leave, not making it easier for bosses to exploit workers by saying it's fine to work when you are sick.
@jinnijoon@luckytran absolutely, which is why we need an approach that not only includes masking, but also encompasses WFH where possible, reducing buildup of infectious respiratory aerosols in shared indoor spaces (https://cleanairstars.com/steps) @cleanairstars
🇺🇸 US: Those hospitalized with COVID-19 later at risk for several key symptoms.
A study of about 3 million US adults and 675,000 US children reveals that hospitalized adults and children with a positive COVID-19 test had 17% and 18% increased odds, respectively, of being diagnosed as having one or more long-COVID symptoms 31 to 150 days after their positive test.
“We’re still in a pandemic,” says WHO’s Van Kerhove. Per wastewater est, actual #SARSCoV2 circulation is likely 2-20x ⬆️⬆️⬆️.
“THE VIRUS IS RAMPANT.”
We’re saying, “Please don’t drop the ball.” The virus is here. It’s evolving. it’s killing. It’s causing #LongCovid conditions.” With govts, “we need to ensure that they keep up surveillance, good communication, provide treatments, tests, & #vaccines & that they improve #ventilation .”- Van Kerhove.
🇯🇵Japan: "Alarming Surge in Japan’s COVID-19 Cases; 10th consecutive week that cases have risen, half of the infected individuals were 14 years old or younger."
Remember all that awful wildfire smoke? And how it was so bad that you could smell it indoors? Well, the wildfires are coming back. And we need changes to how indoor air is regulated so that we can protect our most vulnerable people from it.
The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers is looking to get the word out about the Clean Indoor Air Act. Click on the link to learn more and reach out to your MPP.
Thankyou @VicGovDH for stating something that is now widely recognised. If you are one of those individuals (particularly health professionals) that doesn’t yet recognise this it’s time to explore the cognitive blocks preventing you from moving forward with scientific consensus.
The first time I was going to build a Corsi–Rosenthal Box I accidently built a Creutzfeldt–Jakob Box, and we didn't know what the hell we were even doing for weeks.
The second time it turned out I had the plans for a Dunning-Kruger Box but I persevered anyway, and it turned out brilliantly. Everyone said I was an idiot but they just didn't understand how amazing I am.
So I am in a group text with 8 high school friends ( 50 year reunion coming up!) one common theme from all of them - except me and 1 other - is “colds” “flu” bronchitis” “allergies” and “RSV”. (All self-diagnosed) Is there a gentle, funny way to remind them to wear a mask, and maybe buy a HEPA filter- I mean , the bare minimum!? I don’t want to preach you understand. #wearamask#CovidIsntOver#hepa#ventilation#flu#rsv#covid