It’s hard for it to flow upwards, and it’ll probably disperse a lot (since it doesn’t reproduce outside a host, I guess this minimizes the chance of being infected)… but yeah, if your apartment is close to an infected person, there’s a chance that the wind will carry virions to your apartment; that’s why hospitals are supposed to place infected people according to the airflow.
There’s probably a trade-off between probability of external contamination vs. time virions stay viable on surfaces in an environment. It seems like, at least for other respiratory infections, for most collective environments, we should be more concerned about the latter.
What’s your opinion here? Of course, there’s a point where the external environment becomes so contaminated (in a hospital, or if everyone in your building is infected) that you better insulate your personal environment as best as you can.
Some internal air cleaner exist, including the ones with UV purification. My friend Denis Odinokov suggested to make a system to clean external air, which should consist of a tube with HEPA filter, ventilator and UV light source, which will create a positive air pressure inside the apartment. I think it is too difficult to hand-make at home. But it is another business opportunity of our time.
What are the chances that the virus will flow from the apartment beneath mine into the mine one during ventilation?
Epistemic status: not my expertise, I’m guessing.
It’s hard for it to flow upwards, and it’ll probably disperse a lot (since it doesn’t reproduce outside a host, I guess this minimizes the chance of being infected)… but yeah, if your apartment is close to an infected person, there’s a chance that the wind will carry virions to your apartment; that’s why hospitals are supposed to place infected people according to the airflow.
There’s probably a trade-off between probability of external contamination vs. time virions stay viable on surfaces in an environment. It seems like, at least for other respiratory infections, for most collective environments, we should be more concerned about the latter.
What’s your opinion here? Of course, there’s a point where the external environment becomes so contaminated (in a hospital, or if everyone in your building is infected) that you better insulate your personal environment as best as you can.
I heard about infection in HK via vent tubes.
If I were in a space with many people, I would like the windows will be open. At home, not.
I agree that preventing exposure to virions is a priority, but I am concerned with indoor air quality overall, especially if people are staying indoors for long periods: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indoor_air_quality?wprov=sfla1
Some internal air cleaner exist, including the ones with UV purification. My friend Denis Odinokov suggested to make a system to clean external air, which should consist of a tube with HEPA filter, ventilator and UV light source, which will create a positive air pressure inside the apartment. I think it is too difficult to hand-make at home. But it is another business opportunity of our time.