Coronavirus and Apartments: What’s the Risk?
Deborah Thrope, deputy director, National Housing Law Project.
Amesh Adalja, MD, infectious disease specialist, Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security.
Linsey Marr, PhD, professor of civil and environmental engineering, Virginia Tech.
Joseph Allen, DSc, assistant professor, director of Healthy Buildings program, Harvard University.
The Harvard Gazette: “Is air conditioning helping spread COVID in the South?”
CBS Austin: “As COVID-19 spikes in the south, researchers look to see if A/C can transmit the virus.”
NBC News: “Does air conditioning spread COVID-19?”
ABC News: “Air conditioning units could be spreading COVID-19 in Florida, according to Harvard epidemiologist.”
USA Today: “Most air conditioning systems don’t protect against the coronavirus. In some cases, they can actually facilitate spread.”
The Times Picayune: “Is air conditioning helping spread coronavirus? In southern states, being indoors may be a factor.”
The Houston Chronicle: “Texans have a love affair with air conditioning. But what if turning it off could slow COVID-19?”
NPR: “Can Air Conditioners Spread COVID-19?”
Healthy Buildings.
CNN: “How can the coronavirus spread through bathroom pipes? Experts are investigating in Hong Kong.”
Annals of Internal Medicine: “Probable Evidence of Fecal Aerosol Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a High-Rise Building.”
The New York Times: “How Coronavirus Infected Some, but Not All, in a Restaurant,” “The Scientist, the Air and the Virus,” “Airborne Coronavirus: What You Should Do Now,” “Aboard the Diamond Princess, a Case Study in Aerosol Transmission.”
The Cut: “How America’s Leading Aerosol Expert Gets It Done.”
The Journal of the American Medical Association: “Airborne Spread of SARS-CoV-2 and a Potential Role for Air Disinfection.”
CDC.gov: “Guidance for Shared or Congregate Housing.”
EPA.gov: “Air Cleaners, HVAC Filters, and Coronavirus (COVID-19).”
Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers.
University of California, Davis: “COVID-19 and the Built Environment.”
Wired: “Could a Janky, Jury-Rigged Air Purifier Help Fight Covid-19?”
Hartford Healthcare: “Can an HVAC Duct Spread COVID-19 in Offices, Stores and Schools?”
National Air Filtration Association: “COVID-19 and Air Filtration FAQs.”
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE): “ASHRAE Issues Statements on Relationship Between COVID-19 and HVAC in Buildings,” “Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response Resources From ASHRAE and Others.”
Medical Hypotheses: “Airborne route and bad use of ventilation systems as non-negligible factors in SARS-CoV-2 transmission.”
medRxiv: “Transmission routes of Covid-19 virus in the Diamond Princess Cruise ship.”
Prevention: “Is the Novel Coronavirus Airborne? Here’s Why Experts Don’t Have One Answer.”
LiveScience: “Is the coronavirus airborne? Evidence is scant, infectious disease experts say.”
University of Minnesota: “Yet more data support COVID-19 aerosol transmission.”
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