I tell you this #virus#SARS_CoV_2 is going to be pissed off when it finds out what all we have been saying about it: ๐งต
2/ That it can measure distances (1 m, no no 1.5 m, no no, 2 m.... is safe?)
3/ That it has a watch to tell the time (15 minutes, no 15 minutes over 24 hours, wait, maybe not 15 minutes... is safe?)
4/ That it has colour vision and knows about red and green zones in hospitals (red zones get different PPE, green zones get different/no PPE... and that was supposed to be safe?)
5/ That it has geographical information systems - probably uses Google Maps? (how else would it know to alter behaviour based on if it is in hospitals or at home or in a lab?)
6/ That it is suicidal (why else would 10, 20 micron droplets with the virus just plummet to the ground instead of staying afloat, as dictated by physics)
end/ And for all these assumptions we made in its name, if ever the virus comes to know about them, it is going to be even more pissed off than it already is.
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In July 2020, just as #Singapore was starting to open up after the #CircuitBreaker, the National Research Foundation of Singapore decided to fund projects that would look at life in the new normal - opening up while mitigating #COVID19
2/ I was then working @CREATE_NRF, with Berkeley Education Alliance for Research in Singapore (#BEARS) and we were fortunate enough to be funded for our idea
3/ "AUTOMATED DECONTAMINATION OF WORKSPACES USING UVC COUPLED WITH OCCUPANCY DETECTION"
The idea was, UVC can harm occupants but over the past years, occupancy sensing has also improved by leaps and bounds
1/9 @CDCgov states that the principal mode of infection for #COVID19 is via exposure to respiratory droplets (big or small - aerosolized).
One of the simplest ways of minimize this exposure is by minimizing #SharedAir with other people ๐งต
2/9 How does one do that? Some simple tips:
* Masks - masks help control things exhaled and inhaled. Primarily recommended for their ability to control things at "source", i.e., the infected person.
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* Distance - Farther you are, less likely are your chances of exposure to high concentrations of respiratory droplets of other people