{"id":23709,"date":"2020-07-09T03:03:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T00:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-covid-19-is-transmitted-completely-upended-heres-what-we-need-to-reopen\/"},"modified":"2020-07-09T03:03:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T00:03:00","slug":"how-covid-19-is-transmitted-completely-upended-heres-what-we-need-to-reopen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-covid-19-is-transmitted-completely-upended-heres-what-we-need-to-reopen\/","title":{"rendered":"#How COVID-19 is transmitted completely upended \u2014 here\u2019s what we need to reopen"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#How COVID-19 is transmitted completely upended \u2014 here\u2019s what we need to reopen<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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July 8, 2020 |<\/span> 8:03pm |<\/span> Updated July 8, 2020 | 8:55pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n If you\u2019re working in an office or eating in a restaurant, and someone 30 feet away exhales tiny particles of the coronavirus, those particles can drift and infect you. Picture cigarette smoke wafting across a room. Same thing. The precautions global and federal agencies are advising aren\u2019t good enough. \u00adSocial<\/a> distancing \u2014 keeping six feet away \u2014 and washing your hands won\u2019t protect you from this airborne virus. That isn\u2019t fear-mongering. It\u2019s science.<\/p>\n

To defeat COVID-19 and reopen our economy, we all need to become radical indoor environmentalists, shifting our attention from outdoor air quality to the air we breathe indoors.<\/p>\n

New research from the \u00adNational Academy of Sciences contends that airborne transmission of the virus is \u201chighly virulent,\u201d the \u201cdominant\u201d way it spreads.<\/p>\n

On Monday, 239 scientists jointly announced research showing \u201cbeyond any reasonable doubt\u201d that \u201cviruses are released during exhalation, talking and coughing in micro-droplets small enough to remain aloft in the air\u201d and that can spread across a room.<\/p>\n

They didn\u2019t say what proportion of infections are caused that way, but the evidence may explain how one \u201csuper-spreader\u201d in a room can \u00adinfect dozens of other people.<\/p>\n

The scientists, including engineering experts, urged countries battling the virus to make buildings healthier, by improving ventilation and installing air-cleaning technologies.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the takeaway: Indoor air quality is the key to reopening safely.<\/p>\n

The scientists cited research showing how three families at three different tables in a restaurant in China all became infected with the \u00advirus. One person at table A came in with it, and when he talked, he emitted viral droplets that were carried across the room in a stream of air-conditioned air, infecting diners at two other tables.<\/p>\n

In a restaurant, you\u2019re maskless and more vulnerable. The mounting evidence on airborne transmission underscores the importance of masks and eye glasses or goggles. Viral particles can invade eye membranes too. The journal Lancet reports that \u201ceye protection is typically under-considered.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for improving indoor safety, kudos to Gov. Cuomo for becoming an indoor environmentalist. At his June 29 briefing, he expressed concern about the airborne virus particles circulating in malls.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, he went too far, mandating that they install specific equipment \u2014 HEPA filters \u2014 in their air conditioning, before they\u2019re allowed to reopen.<\/p>\n

Mall owners are pushing back against the HEPA mandate, saying the filters won\u2019t work with their existing systems or will cost too much.<\/p>\n

Airlines use HEPA. Most recycle about 30 percent of cabin air through HEPA filters, and exhaust the other 70 percent out of the plane. The cabin air is replaced about every three minutes. So a plane is an unlikely place to become infected by airborne COVID-19: A passenger must still worry about people seated close by and about contaminated surfaces, but not dirty air.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, few indoor spaces can be fitted like airplanes to turn over air in three minutes. But there are other, newer technologies that can be installed to combat airborne viruses.<\/p>\n

\u201cHealthy buildings should be the first line of defense\u201d against the coronavirus, says Joseph Gardner Allen from Harvard\u2019s School of Public Health. And against indefinite lockdowns.<\/p>\n

Reopening plans proposed by most states and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention overlook the problem of airborne spread and don\u2019t consider high-tech remedies.<\/p>\n

What the United States needs is a Green Indoor Deal, an infrastructure-spending plan to equip workplaces. It would be a bargain compared to prolonged unemployment benefits.<\/p>\n

It could also help schools \u00adreopen. School-aged kids pose the lowest infection risk. Yet Mayor Bill de Blasio is insisting kids learn from home half the time. Why? The CDC recommends that students\u2019 desks be spaced six feet apart, making it impossible to fit the whole class in one room. It\u2019s going to be a nightmare for parents.<\/p>\n

The CDC\u2019s antiquated six-foot rule ignores that the virus can spread through the air and the technologies to battle that.<\/p>\n

You may wonder why you haven\u2019t heard this information from the CDC or the World Health Organization. They\u2019re behind on the science. On Tuesday, WHO grudgingly acknowledged \u201cthe emerging evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s airborne, and it\u2019s time to deal with that.<\/p>\n

Betsy McCaughey is the chairwoman of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths and author of the forthcoming book \u201cThe Next Pandemic.\u201d <\/em>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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