'Purified Air were tasked to incorporate filtration solutions into the existing #HVAC system of the Houses of Parliament to improve the indoor air quality of the building'.
HT: purifiedair.com/case-studies/t…
Purified Air 'achieved this by installing Electrostatic Precipitators (ESP) within the existing Air Handling Units. ESPs vastly improved upon indoor air quality, ensuring that airborne viruses and bacteria were kept to an absolute minimum within the space'.purifiedair.com/about-us/
HM Government does NOT seem to underestimate the threat #Covid poses - at least the incorporation of 'virus control air filtration solutions' in certain locations, appears to indicate an awareness of the science, and some common sense.
#AirPurification being a strong contributor to 'removing harmful particulates from the air'.
Time for all hospitals, care homes, universities, schools, nurseries, offices, businesses, supermarkets, pubs, restaurants, et al.' to have similar controls?
'Purified Air provided over 1000 #VIU Virus Irradiation Units alongside over 1000 Fan Coil UVGI 2L/4L units. These units were implemented to reduce the spread of #viruses to both the public and employees within the space.'
'#SARSCoV2 can be inactivated by exposure to Fan Coil UVGI 2L/4L units. Designed to be installed in offices, gyms and other commercial premises to remove airborne particles and help to destroy #viruses including #Coronavirus.'
'UVGI inactivates micro-organisms by attacking their DNA, permanently destroying and altering the molecular structure, leaving them unable to replicate or grow.'
'During the height of the second wave of #Coronavirus, Purified Air were tasked with supplying the VIU Mobile to multiple hospitals throughout Scotland. Following the air purifier’s successful installation...'
'The NHS tested the product’s effectiveness during the trial period by comparing the air quality before and after mobile air purifiers were supplied. Upon impressive test results, all hospitals increased their order by an average of 3 fold per hospital.' purifiedair.com/case-studies/n…
'Infection control - Purified Air'
'Providing nationwide air filtration infection control for our hospitals.'
'Helping to reduce the potential spread of Covid-19.'
Reportedly, delegates #wef23 received protection from Covid, through PCR testing, air filtration, & UVGI light; and filtration solutions have been used to improve indoor air quality in the Houses of Parliament. Sensible, because #COVIDIsAirborne
Invest similarly across society?
Reportedly, air filtration solutions have been used to improve indoor air quality in the Houses of Parliament. Sensible, because #COVIDIsAirborne
Invest similarly across society - in schools, hospitals, care homes, businesses, industry, offices, etc...?
Government knows only too well that poverty, ill-health, poor housing, poor air quality, poor education, racism, violence, trauma, and stress, impact on lives - but does it collect vital data and publish it? Does it listen to the views and the experiences of those most affected?
#Breathtaking: Since 8 Aug 2023, daily number of hospital beds occupied by people suffering from COVID, in England, hasn't been less than 2,000.
29-weeks where people occupying hospital beds infected with this airborne virus averaged around 3,245.
No wonder the NHS is exhausted!
Chart: estimated number of🏥patients, in England, admitted each 24 hours, where patient known to have COVID-19, plus patients diagnosed in hospital with COVID-19 in previous 24 hours [Jun 2023-23 Feb 2024].
🤔Approx 95,000; average 355 daily.
Data source: england.nhs.uk/statistics/sta…
Some 'countries neighbouring China have [reportedly] now raised their alert levels to high amid the rapid spread of the mystery strain of 'white lung pneumonia' - aiming to prevent the 'Covid-like' virus from spreading...' Report via @the mirror
‘The Covid-like pneumonia virus has been a source of chaos in China for weeks; experts now fear a new pandemic could be on the way. Officials in other countries are preparing in case the virus spreads through their population...’ Article @DailyMirror
Ventilated, clean air, plays key role preventing spread of COVID & its impact on performance & productivity.
Repeated exposure to poor indoor air quality proven to: lead to 🫁&🫀diseases, & cancer, exacerbate asthma, increase absenteeism. @JohnsHopkinsSPH publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/regulatin…
'Indoor air quality can be polluted by range of sources, including mold, radon, CO2, particulate matter, chemicals in cleaning products, off-gassing from building materials and furnishings, and even outdoor air #pollution.' @ggronvall @JohnsHopkinsSPH publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/regulatin…
What’s 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 our 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 air?
'Many 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 diseases, including COVID, flu, RSV, and measles, spread through airborne transmission, which occurs much more easily in indoor environments.'
@JohnsHopkinsSPH @JohnsHopkins publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/regulatin…
'𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻* is an important line of defence for infection control in the healthcare environment.' @NHSEngland
✍️1,077,993 people currently predicted to have symptomatic COVID in the UK: report @Join_ZOE 9 May 2023.
Healthcare settings to note: england.nhs.uk/long-read/appl…
✍️Important notice for healthcare settings:
'Application of #HEPA filter devices for air cleaning in healthcare spaces: guidance and standards.'
✍️Ventilation* is an important line of defence for infection control in the healthcare environment. @NHSEngland england.nhs.uk/long-read/appl…
Latest @Join_ZOE 5 May 2023
🦠1,022,039 currently predicted to have symptomatic COVID in the UK
✍️Wave, after wave, of infections, means more illness, hospitalisations, deaths, and impact of #LongCOVID.
𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹.
'Variation' is key to the #SARSCoV2 'waves', observes @MackayIM 🇦🇺
'Each peak of a ‘wave’ (a new epidemic).'
❔Likely that new COVID-19 waves, and hospitalisations, are driven and dominated by a genetically different variant of the virus called #SARSCoV2.
'𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 adapting to the situation, through selection and expansion of 𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀' - in response to our immune system’s pressure on their evolution - has been the one constant driver of every wave in 🇦🇺, and probably everywhere...' @MackayIM
'COVID-19 #PHEIC 'officially' over but the #pandemic will be with us for many years. Nor is it clear that govts have learned sufficiently from the outbreak to be ready to fight off new emerging microbes that could trigger worse calamities.' @RobinMcKie theguardian.com/world/2023/may…
Can't flick a switch and declare the pandemic over, especially one so damaging and of such scale.💯@SGriffin_Lab
Whether labelled global pandemic or not, many countries experiencing significant waves of infection, thousands dying every week.💯@SusanMichie theguardian.com/world/2023/may…
'This bittersweet [@WHO] announcement seems more a white flag than a cause for celebration. While there has been profound progress, this decision reflects the political reality of Covid more clearly than the medical situation.' @DrBenNeuman@TAMU_Biology