When used properly, these devices can reduce airborne contaminants including viruses in a home or confined space. However, by itself a portable air cleaner is not enough to FULLY protect people from COVID-19. When used along with other best practices recommended by medical and infectious disease experts, using such an appliance can be part of a plan to protect yourself and your loved ones.

Spread of COVID 19 occurs via airborne particles and droplets; infected individuals release volatiles that contain the SARS CoV virus when they exhale (not only coughing and sneezing, but singing, exercise and even breathing quietly). Droplet size varies across wide ranges – some are visible while others require microscopes for viewing their microscopic nature.

Once infectious fluids are released into the atmosphere around you it moves outward away from its source. It can enter your home on an airborne particle or droplet, and you may then inhale it. If this happens, COVID-19 could make its way into your respiratory system where it will do damage to tissue or cells of vital importance (like the lungs).

COVID-19 is transmitted when you come into contact with respiratory fluids that carry the infectious SARS-CoV 2 virus. A person can be exposed by an infected person coughing or speaking near them, as well as if they breathe in aerosol particles that are spreading away from the infected person. Transmission of COVID-19 from inhalation of virus in the air can occur at distances greater than six feet, and some particles may linger for hours after people leave a room.

Also, someone can also be exposed via splashes and sprays of respiratory fluids directly onto their mucous membranes.

Though the risk of infection by breathing in particles carrying the virus generally decreases with distance from infected people and with time, some circumstances increase your chance of an infection:

– Being indoors rather than outdoors, particularly in indoor environments where ventilation with outside air is inadequate. This can be a result of activities that increase emission respiratory fluids such as speaking loudly or singing for extended periods.

– Prolonged exposure (more than a few minutes) to crowded spaces where you do not know the health of the people.

There are straightforward measures you should take to reduce potential airborne transmission COVID19, However, some measures, such as changing the layout of your home or improvement your HVAC system, are cost-prohibitive to implement.

The EPA recommends increasing ventilation with outdoor air and air filtration as important components of a larger strategy including physical distancing (especially when you’re sick), surface cleaning, and handwashing. The recent working from home trend is also helpful.

Air purifiers have been shown to reduce these particles and droplets when used properly, so they can provide some measure of protection against COVID-19. Some air purification systems do a better job of this than others.

One such air purifying cleaning system is the technology from ActivePure. According to their website,

“In unaffiliated third-party laboratory tests, ActivePure has been proven to reduce up to 99.99% of pathogens including SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19), Avian influenza, E. coli, MRSA, Norovirus, Staph bacteria, Candida, Swine Flu, Hepatitis, Legionella, and more.”

Please check out the free video that reveals how ActivePure technology can signifcantly reduce viruses and pollutants, including the common cold, the flu, and the virus that causes COVID-19.