Covid Could Do for Ventilation What Cholera Did for Cleaner Water Systems

May 19, 2023

(Quartz) – Could better ventilation have prevented covid from becoming a pandemic that killed millions of people? Even if there’s no definitive answer, there are reasons to think that cleaner indoor air could have offered a defense against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. And certainly the pandemic brought the debate around indoor air quality to a head—to the point that, last week, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) set a firm target for ventilation: five air changes per hour.  (Read More)