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11 Oct, 4 tweets, 1 min read
“this virus is one of the easiest, by far, to kill with UV light,” said senior author Karl Linden, #CUBoulder professor of environmental engineering.
colorado.edu/today/2021/10/…
“It takes a very low dose. This indicates that UV technology could be a really good solution for protecting public spaces.”
Germicidal UV at 254 nm commercially available now for upper room use in spaces such as restaurants, homeless shelters, hospital ERs, schools etc.
UV at 222 nm in the research and implementation phase looks to be promising as shown in this paper

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27 Sep
Very interesting study just published! Airborne SARS‐CoV‐2 surveillance in hospital environment using high‐flowrate air samplers and its comparison to surface sampling onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
findings show air sampling as a successful tool for environmental surveillance of airborne SARS-CoV-2 in hospitals
Opt for higher air sampling flowrate-it improves the chance of successful airborne SARS-CoV-2 surveillance especially in sites that are highly ventilated
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13 Sep
Check out our great new paper led by Dr. Wagner: Modeling the impacts of physical distancing and other exposure determinants on aerosol transmission. Glad to be a part of this analysis, with amazing colleagues Drs. Sparks, Chen, Waldman and Dr. Macher oeh.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
a particle size-dependent aerosol release model was developed to assess impact of near-field transport of infectious aerosol. This is essentially what is happening when you are standing close to someone that is infectious...
we find that short-range (proximity) and long-range (background) transmission is additive and so both must be mitigated at the same time.
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14 Apr
Measurements and Simulations of Aerosol Released while Singing and Playing Wind Instruments.The preprint of our paper is now available! scholar.colorado.edu/concern/articl… Our amazing research team includes @marinavance @mspede @Don_Milton @James_Weaver_83
ABSTRACT: Outbreaks from choir performances, such as the Skagit Valley Choir, showed that singing brings potential risk of COVID-19 infection. There is less known about the risks of airborne infection from other musical performance,
such as playing wind instruments or performing theatre. In addition, it is important to understand methods that can be used to reduce infection risk. In this study, we used a variety of methods,
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8 Jan
1/ ICYMI paper on variant linking epic and genetic data: imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial… 1. the variant does appear to be more transmissible. From my read of the paper, it accounts for about a half to 2/3 of an additional infection per every additional transmission.
2/ SO for example if I have COVID and I give it to my husband, highly likely, then if I had this variant, I might also give it to 1/2-2/3 of another person - which is not physically possible, of course!
3/ I might also give it to my son resulting in 2 infections, but then the next person with the variant may only give it to one additional person, so between the 2 of us with the variant, the result is 3 additional infections instead of 2 if we were transmitting the non variant.
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10 Dec 20
1/My public comments to the @BVSDcolorado board meeting on 12/8. I am an engineering professor @CUBoulder and an expert in engineering controls for airborne infectious diseases. @DougChem @epibuff
2/I was instrumental in helping CU Boulder open its campus safety. we have had ~50 cases of COVID-19 positive students in the classrooms and not a single case of transmission.
3/This pandemic is uniquely defined by superspreading events. These account for a majority of the cases but are caused by <20% of the infectious. This is through long-range exposure and mitigated by reduced occupancy indoors and improved ventilation and air cleaning.
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2 Nov 20
1/13 MOST HOMES ARE POORLY VENTILATED. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR COVID-19? Most homes in the US are are poorly ventilated. There is no mechanical system supplying outside air indoors and exhausting indoor air outside. Read the entire post here: shellym80304.com/2020/11/02/mos…
The way homes are typically ventilated is by opening a window and/door, or by air leaking in (or infiltrating) through unintentional openings and cracks in the building shell. Homes recirculate indoor air through coarse filters when the heating or cooling system is operated.
Why is this important? Because the risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2 increases substantially when you are sharing the air in a poorly ventilated space with an infected person. The majority of transmissions happen within the household.
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