The Clarinet BBoard

The Clarinet BBoard The C4 standard

New Topic | Go to Top | Go to Topic | Search | Help/Rules | Smileys/Notes | Log In

Previous Message | Next Message

Re: Face masks

Author: Fuzzy
Date: 2021-08-30 09:27

TomS,

Quote:

If I remember correctly, the study's reccomendation was to social distance further and investments in clean, filtered fresh air systems.

This is also what our local/state scientific community presented. They further stated that aerosol density expelled from an individual were found to be roughly equal whether six feet away or 40 feet away - depending on the room size/shape and air ventilation / lack of air ventilation. They strongly recommended that buildings in our state (especially schools and businesses) begin planning for upgrades to the ventilation systems.

It looks like MIT just (August 13) published a study looking at various airflow problems as they relate to aerosols (their observations validated much of what our local folks told us last year). They still recommend masks - but the study doesn't address surface-spread contamination other than surfaces covered in aerosol, nor the effectiveness of masks among school children in real-world scenarios. So, I remain concerned about masks on kids - especially when such masks might have holes which require kids to touch/open holes/etc near their mouths.

Fuzzy
;^)>>>

[EDIT: I forgot to mention that the study also mentioned that vertical airflow is (basically) good, whereas horizontal airflow in the room is (basically) to be avoided. I wonder how this data might affect the idea of bell covers?]

Post Edited (2021-08-30 09:31)

Reply To Message | Avail. Forums | Flat View

Newer Topic | Older Topic

Topics

Author

Date

Face masks new

oian

2021-08-25 08:41