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@DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19
2025 looks better.

Though winter is on the way.

Hope the reduction continues.

Anyone seem an update on Indoor Air Quality improvements in Aged Care Facilities in AU?

Last I saw the government's programme looked like a farce.

#Covid#IAQ
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skua

@kctipton
And here's me all prepared to blame Trump.
But no, this was on 's watch. I kept my mouth shut during the elections, partly not knowing, partly thinking "Anything beats Trump".
But what a stinker.

And, of course, Trump is worse and going to be much worse still.

#COVID#IAQ#PublicHealth
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EPFL Fribourg campus

Radon gas, naturally present in the Earth crust and radioactive, causes 200-300 deaths annually by lung cancer in Switzerland alone. To better understand its dynamics in the underground and interplay with buildings, the Smart Living Lab is being equipped with a unique network of sensors under the building.

heia-fr.ch/en/university/news/

HEIA-FR · En collaboration avec l’EPFL Fribourg et ECONS SA, le Centre romand de la qualité de l’air intérieur et du radon (croqAIR) dirigé par la Prof. Joëlle Goyette Pernot au sein de l’institut TRANSFORM de la Haute école d’ingénierie et d’architecture de Fribourg a développé et s’apprête à mettre en place une infrastructure de mesure inédite du radon.By HEIA-FR
#CroqAir#HEIAFR#Building2050
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skua

Indoor Air Quality and it's regulation, and creating social norms of masking when ill and isolating when dangerously infectious are now looking even more essential.

Seems a far wider range of common respiratory infections than just COVID have severe, long term, multi-organ consequences.

@jmcrookston

link.springer.com/article/10.1

SpringerLinkMultiorgan sequelae following non-COVID-19 respiratory infections: a review - InfectionBackground While numerous studies have documented severe and long-term health impacts of COVID-19 infections on various organs, the prolonged multisystemic implications of other acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are poorly understood. This review therefore analyzed currently available studies about these sequelae of ARIs excluding COVID-19. Main body Multiple pathogens causing ARIs are associated with significant long-lasting impairments across various organ systems. Cardiovascular events occur in 10–35% of patients following ARIs, with an elevated risk persisting for 10 years. The stroke incidence ratio increases significantly after ARIs up to 12.3. Pulmonary sequelae are common, including abnormal lung function in 54%, parenchymal opacification in 51%, lung fibrosis in 33–62%, asthma in 30%, and bronchiectasis in 24% of patients. The risk of developing dementia is increased 2.2-fold. Posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, and chronic fatigue occur in 15–43%, 15–36%, 14–62%, and 27–75% of patients, respectively. 28-day mortality from CAP with (versus no) additional cardiovascular event is increased to 36% (versus 10%). Long-term mortality from CAP (versus no CAP) remains elevated for years post-infection, with a 1-year, 5-year, and 7-year mortality rate of 17% (versus 4%), 43% (versus 19%), and 53% (versus 24%), respectively. Patients´ quality of life is significantly reduced, with 17% receiving invalidity pensions and 22% retiring within 4 years of severe ARIs. Conclusion Non-COVID-19 ARIs are associated with clinically relevant, frequent, and long-term sequelae involving multiple organ systems. Further prospective studies are needed.
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Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈

Another issue here with smoke in the area and poor #AQI is the trade-off we have to make with #iAQ. For unknown reasons, this house simply likes to keep high CO2 levels.

I generally keep 2 windows open on opposite sides of the house regardless of the weather, but we've not been doing that with the #Wildfires

So one day recently we left for 3 hours, came home and found the #Aranet had recorded this CO2 reading.

No heat running. No one home, exhaling. Gas fireplace turned completely off. Windows closed.

What a tradeoff.

An Aranet air quality sensor sits on a brownish countertop. It is currently reading 66.7F and 39% humidity, but the big number is 1193 for the CO2 reading. As someone who definitely gets headaches with high CO2 levels, this is something of a pain when smoke is high outdoors and one can't open a window.
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Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈

With the warmer temps here in #Asheville I've opened more windows, which lowers the normally high CO2 reading, but brings in more of the poor air quality we are apparently having.

My BlueAir purifier has kicked up and is running continuously now. AQI in the area is about 76. Inside only 6 (usually 1.) Always a tradeoff between the 2 issues.

#IAQ#AQI
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