SheldonAug 7, 2023

A lot of people still think about Covid as a wash your hands and socially distance kind of thing.

Chances of getting Covid from touching something is near zero and we're far more likely to catch it from someone we can't see because it can stay in the air for a long time, drift long distances, and remain potent long after a contagious person is gone (as much as 2 hours).

This is why improving ventilation is one of the most important things you can do to reduce risks of infection for yourself and people around you. With good air flow, an infectious person is less dangerous. Infected air is diluted and can't linger to keep infecting.

I took a variety of CO2 readings to estimate indoor air quality. Based on these readings, places I wouldn't want to be unmasked would be: house gatherings, offices, meeting rooms, conventions, public transit, a plane, funerals.

Places that may not be as risky as originally believed are: supermarkets, pharmacies, and restaurants.

#Covid #CO2 #Aranet4

Show threadSteve | Father of 2
@sysop408 this is very informative and helpful. Thank you so much for sharing! We are having a flu season in Jakarta right now, but this time it’s a bit strange. Because we have so much phlegm and the sickness can last for 7-14 days. Since nobody is doing a swab test anymore, I’m just suspecting this is another wave of mutated covid. Since it’s been 3 months since the last wave ended.
Aug 7, 2023 at 4:58amWeb
Show threadSteve | Father of 2Aug 7, 2023

@sysop408 and apparently all those waves happened when a large group of crowd moving in out the city. 3 months ago was when the long Eid holiday finished and everybody came back to work. This month is when school just started and lots of families went to vacation beforehand.

The symptoms of the infection is similar to covid. Some has it mild, some can has high fever. Some need antibiotics to reduce bacterial infection from lower immune, some just don’t.