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DeminPennswoods

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13. Dems control the House,

Reply to certainot (Reply #9)

Sun Sep 20, 2020, 06:15 AM

Sep 2020

they could have included it in the CARES act. There was certainly money for everything else.

The problem is few people have even mentioned the role HVAC plays in preventing disease. Undoubtedly we'd be far better off if Trump/Rs had taken covid19 seriously from the start and leveled with the public. But Fauci, Birx, Adams or any of the briefers during the public covid-19 briefers could have talked about the need for better indoor air filtration. Or they could have mentioned it during their testimony to Congress or in their special covid-19 House committee testimony. If they said anything about it, I didn't hear it. Everyone was too worried about mask-wearing or vaccines or theraputics when a relatively easy fix for indoor safety was right in front of them. This is what makes me angry.

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New study on Covid: Surfaces vs Airborne [View all] BigmanPigman Sep 2020 OP

Informative article with good info on the transmission of Covid. iemitsu Sep 2020 #1

Thanks for posting! yankeepants Sep 2020 #2

Yet another study confirming masks are our best bet to beat this thing. nt SunSeeker Sep 2020 #3

K&R! SheltieLover Sep 2020 #4

California realized that after the first reopening. C Moon Sep 2020 #5

K AND R and yuiyoshida Sep 2020 #6

I suspected so early on... crimycarny Sep 2020 #7

HVAC upgrades were an easy fix DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #8

thank the fucking republicans certainot Sep 2020 #9

Dems control the House, DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #13

It was mentioned. Igel Sep 2020 #21

Not that easy when there's a severe shortage of qualified workers in the HVAC field Kaleva Sep 2020 #11

The change to the building code and DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #14

What filters are those? Kaleva Sep 2020 #17

It's not the filters. Igel Sep 2020 #22

Ok. Not a easy fix and given the labor shortage, probably not doable for awhile Kaleva Sep 2020 #27

Wow, completely rip apart the home and re-do the duct arrangements? lagomorph777 Sep 2020 #28

this is a generalized assessment again. we can STILL get it from contact through groceries or certainot Sep 2020 #10

IMO, it's best to cover all bases. Kaleva Sep 2020 #12

yes. it's just a matter of being unlucky certainot Sep 2020 #15

I almost busted out laughing when I saw a coworker last week Grokenstein Sep 2020 #18

i was leaving a lliquor store in college town and saw 6 20 somethings get out of SUV and certainot Sep 2020 #26

The article didn't say you can't get it that way but just that there are JI7 Sep 2020 #19

Proving a negative is hard. Igel Sep 2020 #24

Surface transmission is certainly possible. LisaL Sep 2020 #25

Well, I feel a little better about the "street patios" popping up all over the place now. Grokenstein Sep 2020 #16

Get hand sanitizer with aloe . I use hand creme also after sanitizer JI7 Sep 2020 #20

That helmet would fog up horribly. lagomorph777 Sep 2020 #29

Excellent! Squinch Sep 2020 #23