Scientist says cleaning indoor air could make us healthier and smarter

Re:Scientist says cleaning indoor air could make us healthie... by Gibbon1 on Thursday August 05, 2021 @11:35PM (#28083039)

There was a paper I saw about ten years ago that made the claim the influenza is airborne too. And that temperature and humidity have a large effect on how persistant it is in indoor spaces. And that badly ventilated workplaces and schools are large driver of infection.

Another thing I saw very recently is ventilation standards for buildings have been reduced by 75% over the last 70 years.

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Re:Scientist says cleaning indoor air could make us healthie... by MengerSponge on Thursday August 05, 2021 @11:50PM (#28083137)

Basically anything that gets labeled as "spread by droplet transmission" is probably primarily aerosol. I mean, sure. If somebody spits in your mouth you're likely to catch the thing, but most people who get the flu probably got it via aerosols.

This is terribly inconvenient, because droplets are easy to control, but aerosols are not.

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Re:Scientist says cleaning indoor air could make us healthie... by wirrbel on Friday August 06, 2021 @01:32AM (#28083649)

As a German I have a reflex to wanting to open the windows in most indoor situations regularly, when I am in AC'ed/ventilated situations. Of course in my AC'ed office, the windows wouldn't open, but surely the air does not feel 'fresh' enough.

Pretty sure when returning to the office post-covid we'll see some discussion on Meeting room CO2 levels. I occasionally had a hard time keeping my eyes open in crowded meeting rooms which never happens even in the most boring meetings that I have remotely.

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