Higher Humidity Lowers Flu Transmission. You may be safer from the flu in a humidroom than in a dry one, according to a new study from researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ... But when humidity levels were raised to 43 percent, just 14 percent of the virusparticles had the ability to infect.
That's why we hope the summer is going to stop it.
Higher Humidity Lowers Flu Transmission. You may be safer from the flu in a humidroom than in a dry one, according to a new study from researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ... But when humidity levels were raised to 43 percent, just 14 percent of the virusparticles had the ability to infect.
That's why we hope the summer is going to stop it.
I read about SARS and humidity and it was very weird. The virus was OK at warm weather and 20% humidity and warm weather and 80% humidity, but perished quickly at warm weather and 40%... Go figure.
Just take a sauna and you'll kill the bastard at some point.
Robert Koch mentioned that too in their press conference. Makes sense, you breath through that mask all day, it's gonna turn into a moist disease breeding ground.
Anyone with half a brain could tell you that, although they do help a little if you already have the virus, as there is some direct prevention of speaking/coughing/sneezing directly into the air en masse.
If you have experience in any manufacturing industry you also know that you would need a proper face fit test and thus suitable air-tight mask with required filter media, which in this case would be something like N95 or superior.
Anyone with half a brain could tell you that, although they do help a little if you already have the virus, as there is some direct prevention of speaking/coughing/sneezing directly into the air en masse.
If you have experience in any manufacturing industry you also know that you would need a proper face fit test and thus suitable air-tight mask with required filter media, which in this case would be something like N95 or superior.
I think it works fine on the others but people usually make the mistake of not replacing the mask once it gets wet. Also, virus usually sticks around the body for a couple of hours before invading, so washing more often helps.