They needed to do a more serious campaign around this and they neded to do it 2 and a half years ago.
By opening windows and doors, masking up, limiting room occupancy, and using air filters and purifiers (in descending order of importance), you can go a long way to prevent any airborne contagion transmission. The people I organize with did this and we were able to go on using our space almost as normal past lockdown with no one getting the virus for over a year (and once they did, it was caught from elsewhere). I don't think we were lucky, I think we found out how to make the best of it.
I know people in the policy circle (italian guy adjacent). They’ve known this since the beginning but if they recognized it publicly (and made it part of public policy) they’d be on the hook for funding better air filtration in schools, etc. Higher air circulation is also more costly from an HVAC perspective.
They needed to do a more serious campaign around this and they neded to do it 2 and a half years ago.
By opening windows and doors, masking up, limiting room occupancy, and using air filters and purifiers (in descending order of importance), you can go a long way to prevent any airborne contagion transmission. The people I organize with did this and we were able to go on using our space almost as normal past lockdown with no one getting the virus for over a year (and once they did, it was caught from elsewhere). I don't think we were lucky, I think we found out how to make the best of it.
I know people in the policy circle (italian guy adjacent). They’ve known this since the beginning but if they recognized it publicly (and made it part of public policy) they’d be on the hook for funding better air filtration in schools, etc. Higher air circulation is also more costly from an HVAC perspective.
There's a cost to doing it but there's a bigger cost to not doing it.