What my two-year-old taught me about UV-C lighting.
I have a two-year-old who is terrible at taking medication. A few months ago, she had an ear infection and was prescribed an antibiotic. My wife and I thought we had done a decent job, but about two weeks later, the ear infection reappeared. What happened was pretty obvious; my daughter didn’t receive enough of […]
R-naught (R0) and How to Understand it: A Basic Guide
R0 (pronounced R naught) is a term news reports have been using the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a term used in epidemiological and statistical circles to try and break down how contagious a pathogen is. In layman’s terms, it is a marker to see the rate of illness is going up or […]
The role of centralized HVAC solutions in room based disinfection and infection control
In a July 6th, 2020 “invited commentary” in Clinical Infectious Diseases[1], 239 scientists urged the CDC and WHO to acknowledge that COVID-19, the infection transmitted by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, was spread via airborne droplets. To that point, the WHO (and the CDC) had dismissed the possibility that COVID could be an airborne-transmitted infection. In the […]