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Air Conditioning Appears To Spread Coronavirus—But Opening Windows Could Stop It, Studies Suggest
Newsweak ^ | April 15, 2020 | KASHMIRA GANDER

Posted on 04/15/2020 9:53:43 AM PDT by PROCON

Opening windows in buildings, including our homes, may prevent the spread of the coronavirus, scientists believe

Experts in health, the built environment and microbiology at the University of Oregon and the University of California, Davis, made the recommendations by reviewing existing studies on germs including SARS-CoV-2 (the virus which causes COVID-19 disease).

They also looked at data on other members of the large coronavirus family of bugs which trigger severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). They published their findings in the journal mSystems

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Society; Weather
KEYWORDS: airconditioning; coronavirus; globalwarming
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To: PROCON

That’s nice. They probably haven’t built an office building where windows actually open since 1957.


21 posted on 04/15/2020 10:18:40 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: PROCON

No danger from me using air conditioning today with the outside temp of 34 degrees and that we had a half inch of snow this morning here in northwestern Indiana.


22 posted on 04/15/2020 10:20:37 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: PROCON

I just had a new unit put in and it came with UV filtering system which kills virus, germs, and bacteria.


23 posted on 04/15/2020 10:21:49 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood (https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3804407/posts?q=1&;page=61)
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To: RAldrich; PROCON

Yep, keep the windows closed to prevent mosquitoes getting in and giving us either Malaria or West Nile Virus.


24 posted on 04/15/2020 10:22:18 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: GreyFriar
West Nile Virus.

That's raciss. The virus belongs to the world cause we are all holding hands under a big rainbow flag. And don't take HCQ for the malaria! Orange Man Bad.

25 posted on 04/15/2020 10:26:06 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They are openly stating that they intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live.)
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To: PROCON

Duh.


26 posted on 04/15/2020 10:31:17 AM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: PROCON

My BS detector just went of the scale with this. Yeah, I really want to see this study for myself.

I seriously doubt the wet copper coil of an AC grows it like some bacteria or algae, and I suspect the coil has a filtering effect like they do for pollen and some allergens.


27 posted on 04/15/2020 10:32:17 AM PDT by chickenlips
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To: PROCON

We are all gonna DIE


28 posted on 04/15/2020 10:33:22 AM PDT by Godzilla ( I just love the smell of COVFEFE in the morning . . . .)
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To: Vendome

Studies show experts are full of it.


29 posted on 04/15/2020 10:37:33 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (The Revolution Will Not Be Televised but It Will Be Livestreamed)
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To: PROCON

It’s on like Donkey Kong in Lansing, MI

Thousands are protesting.


30 posted on 04/15/2020 10:39:06 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: ifinnegan

While we are at it, how about the use of ozone generators and UV lights? These are both great anti-microbial measures. And they can be set up as part of an air cleaner system in the home or office.


31 posted on 04/15/2020 10:39:17 AM PDT by alloysteel (Freedom is not a matter of life and death. It is much more serious than that..)
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To: PROCON

Are they trying to eliminate air conditioning? Try telling that to people in AZ and Nevada!!


32 posted on 04/15/2020 10:39:23 AM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: Trump.Deplorable

Our AC comes from geo-thermal.
Bugs don’t live 200 feet below ground.


33 posted on 04/15/2020 10:40:56 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: DLfromthedesert

Climate change BS from a “news” publication that sold for a dollar.


34 posted on 04/15/2020 10:43:37 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: PROCON

My new HVAC system in my house has the state of the art hospital grade filtration system with UV. I just had it installed in February so I’m ahead of the curve on this one...

But the local HVAC companies are sure pushing these in just about every new commercial on TV.


35 posted on 04/15/2020 10:46:34 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: hsmomx3
Try telling that to people in AZ and Nevada!!

Tyrant's response: "We knows what's best for you; turn your A/C off or we'll turn your power off."

(Far-fetched, but these tyrants are dangerous when they're in power.)

36 posted on 04/15/2020 11:02:28 AM PDT by PROCON (Molon Labe)
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To: alloysteel

UV light is great to kill viruses and bacteria.

Needs to be fairly strong. Tissue culture hoods all have this.


37 posted on 04/15/2020 11:06:17 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: PROCON

Always question any story that starts with the word Experts.


38 posted on 04/15/2020 11:22:47 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: PROCON

Not eating meat and being vegan cures it on another thread.


39 posted on 04/15/2020 11:24:02 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro
Not eating meat and being vegan cures it on another thread.

LOL, without a doubt. I have utter disdain for liberals and their inane, fascist credos.

40 posted on 04/15/2020 11:32:30 AM PDT by PROCON (Molon Labe)
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