[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] why do you get sick in the winter

[Ted Kochanski]

Bob,

I suspect that the encapsulation of the naked viron by mostly water
molecules with some nano-level structure? will result in a distribution of
infected blobs of varying sizes and shapes
Some of these will be big-enough blobs to be both stopped by simple masks
and also "heavy enough" to be filtered-out by distance due to gravity
Some of them will be too small for most filters to stop them
Probably the majority are big-enough for just-under submicron filtration
[N-95] to do some good -- assuming that the inhalation phase of breathing
goes through the mask's filtration and not around it -- this is just the
reverse of the mask problem faced by people inside of a semiconductor fab

Anyway -- one of the areas which needs research is how best to characterize
what is emitted by the "sickos" and what is actually in the air which needs
to be filtered and/or "killed"
For some as yet unfathomable reason a top-level NRC committee designed to
speed-up the reopening of the National Labs -- dismissed all of the above
-- with no mention in their final report
Led by the Prof. Peter Fisher, former chair of the Physics Dept at MIT --
someone who should know better

Ted



On Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 1:15 PM Robert Primak <bobprimak at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Agreed that indoor air in many buildings could be cleaned up a lot. This
> issue needs a lot of work, and not enough attention has been paid.
>
> As for not screening out the virus, COVID-19 is not spread by naked
> viruses. It is spread on droplets in aerosols. N95 and KN95 masks, if worn
> correctly will filter out nearly all the infectious agent in this context.
>
> Buit due to early shortages, government and medical advice has been to
> wear just about any face covering. This has not stopped the spread of
> COVID-19.
>
> So I'll go along with your suggestion that indoor air filtering needs to
> be upgraded. Not just for COVID reasons, but also for allergy reasons, as
> well as "sick building syndrome". This also getsa into how much outside air
> needs to be exchanged with indoors air to make the buildings less "sick".
>
> -- Bob Primak
>
>
> On Friday, January 6, 2023 at 12:06:52 PM EST, Ted Kochanski <
> tedpkphd at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> John,
>
> Interesting except for the comment about masks
> “Wearing masks may have a dual protective role,” says Bleier. “One is
> certainly preventing physical inhalation of the [viral] particles, but also
> by maintaining local temperatures, at least at a relatively higher level
> than the outside environment.”
>
> The kind of a mask that can prevent physical inhalation of "naked virons"
> needs to be carefully fitted, have an internal positive pressure and has a
> filtering capacity beyond HEPA
> Now some less capable masks can filter out the small blobs of "stuff"
> infected with the virus -- but even that kind of a mask is not something
> you will want to wear for extended time
>
> No -- we are all missing the opportunity to focus on cleaning the indoor
> air -- make indoor air inhospitable for the virus as the "great outdoors"
> and you will dramatically decrease colds, flu, covid and probably other
> airborne viral disease
>
> Ted
>
> On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 8:14 PM john rudy <jjrudy1 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Interesting article from WIRED
>
>
> https://www.wired.com/story/why-do-you-get-sick-in-the-winter-blame-your-nose/?bxid=5bf82a6624c17c5aa3198362&cndid=28192571&esrc=bouncexmulti_first&source=EDT_WIR_NEWSLETTER_0_DAILY_ZZ&utm_brand=wired&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_content=WIR_Daily_010223&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_010223&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl&utm_term=P2
>
>
>
> John Rudy
>
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