“On a planet where burning #FossilFuels and other industrial activities inject 37 billion metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere each year, it could also have huge implications for human #health….'By increasing the CO2 in the air, we’re getting rid of a natural means by which viruses become inactivated'….What this finding meant in practical, pandemic terms: ‘Anything that reduces the acid content of the air will lower the aerosolized viral load #ventilation.’”

#AllenHadrell #EnvironmentalChemist
https://www.statnews.com/2024/06/04/co2-ventilation-research-virus-airborne-life-haddrell-celebs/

#DontBeFuelish #PublicHealth #CarbonDioxide

A new discovery about carbon dioxide is challenging decades-old ventilation doctrine

CO2 is a good proxy for how much exhaled — and potentially infectious — air is in a room. New research suggests the more CO2 there is, the more virus-friendly the air becomes.

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