U.S. workers have gotten way less productive. No one is sure why

Re:U.S. workers have gotten way less productive. No one is s... by tick_tock_tick on Monday October 31, 2022 @06:33PM (#33414267)

All of these seem to say the risks of complications are extremely rare? I mean it's endemic at this point so it's really really shitty if you are one of the unlucky few but what can we even do?

> We can clean this crap out of the air. Nobody has to breathe in SARS-CoV-2.

?? What do you even mean. Maybe if the vaccine prevented spreading the virus we could but until we develop that I don't see how that is possible.

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Re:U.S. workers have gotten way less productive. No one is s... by AnthonBerg on Monday October 31, 2022 @07:25PM (#33414809)

With SARS-CoV-2, complications are more common than death, and it’s still among the top reasons why people die.

Re. cleaning it out of the air: It’s literally airborne and it can literally be cleaned out of the air.

When infected, people emit tiny fluid particles which contain the virus. These are so small that they don’t fall to the ground. Filter materials like in HEPA filters and respirator masks strip these particles out of the air. Very effectively. (Surgical masks don’t work. Same kind of material, gaps at the sides. It doesn’t work.)

We can literally clean the air. We do not have to breathe this virus in. That’s just one of the things we can do.

Paper: “Effectiveness of HEPA Filters at Removing Infectious SARS-CoV-2 from the Air” – https://doi.org/10.1128/msphere.00086-22

Paper: “The Removal of Airborne Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Other Microbial Bioaerosols by Air Filtration on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Surge Units” – https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab933

“Ten scientific reasons in support of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2” – https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(21)00869-2

Why am I saying all of this?

Because I have a moral obligation to do so.

Why do I know this?

I don’t know anything. I’ve just read those scientific papers.

Why did I read them?

Because high-risk pregnancy.

But does it apply outside of high-risk pregnancy?

Yes.

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Re:U.S. workers have gotten way less productive. No one is s... by Der_Einzige on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @02:56AM (#33417878)

A national program to make every indoor space have proper ventilation / air purification.

It's shocking how much this can help with other things e.g. asthma or allergies.

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