{"id":5090,"date":"2024-03-22T12:09:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T16:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/?p=5090"},"modified":"2024-03-22T14:36:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T18:36:35","slug":"ventilation-should-be-a-larger-focus-in-our-fight-against-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/news\/ventilation-should-be-a-larger-focus-in-our-fight-against-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Ventilation Should Be A Larger Focus In Our Fight Against Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The CDC recently eliminated isolation periods for people ill and likely infectious from Covid. Their <a target=\"_blank\" lang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/hicpac\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Healthcare Infection Control Advisory Committee<\/a> drafted guidelines weakening infection precautions, particularly regarding masking. Fortunately, after a wave of public criticism, the guidelines were sent back to HICPAC for revision.<\/p>\n<p>People are increasingly left to their own devices to protect themselves against infection. So, what can you do? Mask and improve ventilation. Uniformly, wearing a well-fitting, effective respirator, such as an N95 certified by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health or an <a target=\"_blank\" lang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/cleanaircrew.org\/elastomeric-respirators\/\" rel=\"noopener\">elastomeric respirator<\/a>, is the top recommendation. KF94 masks, the Korean standard, are preferred by many because, while not quite as protective, they use ear loops rather than over-the-head straps and don\u2019t fit as tightly. KN95s meet the Chinese standards, but there were more problems with counterfeiting. <a target=\"_blank\" lang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.projectn95.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Project N95<\/a> was a nonprofit I (and many) relied on because they carefully vetted their products. They have maintained a list of previously vetted products on that site, although they are no longer supplying masks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CDC recently eliminated isolation periods for people ill and likely infectious from Covid. Their <a target=\"_blank\" lang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/hicpac\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Healthcare Infection Control Advisory Committee<\/a> drafted guidelines weakening infection precautions, particularly regarding masking. Fortunately, after a wave of public criticism, the guidelines were sent back to HICPAC for revision.<\/p>\n<p>People are increasingly left to their own devices to protect themselves against infection. So, what can you do? Mask and improve ventilation. Uniformly, wearing a well-fitting, effective respirator, such as an N95 certified by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health or an <a target=\"_blank\" lang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/cleanaircrew.org\/elastomeric-respirators\/\" rel=\"noopener\">elastomeric respirator<\/a>, is the top recommendation. KF94 masks, the Korean standard, are preferred by many because, while not quite as protective, they use ear loops rather than over-the-head straps and don\u2019t fit as tightly. KN95s meet the Chinese standards, but there were more problems with counterfeiting. <a target=\"_blank\" lang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.projectn95.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Project N95<\/a> was a nonprofit I (and many) relied on because they carefully vetted their products. They have maintained a list of previously vetted products on that site, although they are no longer supplying masks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/news\/ventilation-should-be-a-larger-focus-in-our-fight-against-covid-19\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ventilation Should Be A Larger Focus In Our Fight Against Covid-19<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[242,18,45,44,19,245,14,43],"class_list":["post-5090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-corsi-rosenthal-boxes","tag-covid-19","tag-hepa-filters","tag-indoor-air-quality","tag-masks","tag-n95-respirators","tag-sars-cov-2","tag-ventilation","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5090"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5095,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5090\/revisions\/5095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}