Category: CLEAN AIR

Rapid Spread Of COVID-19 In Schools Shows Need For Urgent Protective Measures

Thursday, 17 February 2022, 4:12 pmPress Release: Big Blue With COVID-19 impacting at least 250 schools and early childhood centres, the Ministry of Education needs to take urgent action to protect children and teachers, says indoor air safety technology expert Big Blue. “Now, more than ever, the Ministry of Education should be installing world leading […]

Bristol United Way has given out almost 300 air purifiers | Latest Headlines

BRISTOL, Tenn. – The United Way of Bristol has been working through applications for air purifiers from residents of Bristol, Tennessee, who have been affected by the stench coming from the Bristol, Virginia Landfill but the process of getting the machines to homeowners has slowed the past several weeks. Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier – Lisa […]

Effectiveness of a novel semi‐closed barrier device with a personalized exhaust in cough aerosol simulation according to particle counts and visualization of particles – Matsui – 2022 – Indoor Air

1 INTRODUCTION Hypoxemia and cough are the main symptoms among patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and hypoxemia is the primary reason for hospital admission. Oxygen therapy is the mainstay therapy for treating hypoxemia. Although our research group previously designed and reported an oxygen mask aimed at isolating infected patients,1 that kind of mask must be […]

What Do Office Workers Want? It’s Not What You Think

As the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be subsiding around the world, more and more companies are taking tentative steps toward normalcy. Some are dropping indoor mask requirements for vaccinated employees. Some, like Microsoft, are setting hard dates for when they expect most of their workers back in the office. But while for the past two […]

How The Weather Affects Your Health

We have a storm coming through.  At the time I am writing this blog, we are at 64 degrees.  According to the forecast tomorrow night, we could be down to a low of 4 degrees.  4!  That is a 60 degree chance in the span of a day and a half.  This rapid change in […]

Vaccination Verification Policy to End as of March 1 – PUBLIC HEALTH INSIDER

With new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations decreasing, and nearly 80% of all King County residents fully vaccinated, King County is ending the local health order requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test for entry into restaurants and bars, indoor recreational events and establishments, or outdoor events. The vaccination verification policy will no longer […]

Covid-19 Tracker: The age of ambiguity

Good morning, Mission, and welcome to Virus Village, your (somewhat regular) Covid-19 data dump. Hospitalizations, positivity rates and recorded infections continue in steep decline. R Number models show San Francisco in a range from .65 to 1.28, with an average still among the highest in the state. The rise in political and social ambiguity so […]