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A live music festival reimagined for the COVID-19 era. Every January, Dublin’s famed Temple Bar district erupts with music and joy, as TradFest Temple Bar — a five-day celebration of Irish music and culture — draws top bands and massive crowds -
Read part one of this blog post here. Infectious Aerosols: Small but Potent Many Covid-19 precautions — plexiglass dividers, desks spaced 6 feet apart, reduced restaurant occupancy — are premised on the notion that large droplets, generated by sneezes and coughs, pose -
In 1981, seven American children contracted measles during a visit to the same doctor’s office. Three of the children had never crossed paths with the 12-year-old source patient. One child arrived at the office an hour after the infected boy -
Read part one of this blog post here. Aerosol Transmission of Covid: More Prevalent than Presumed For months into the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) insisted close-range, large-droplet spread was -
Todd M. Pope, Executive Chairman of UV Innovators appointed President and CEO of WellAir WellAir’s flagship product, the Defend 1050, a portable air cleaning system which utilizes patented plasma-based technology, received U.S. FDA clearance in January 2021 WellAir, a leader -
“People think they are protected indoors and they’re really not” Six months into the Covid-19 pandemic, an American governor recounted a visit she’d made to a local business. Upon entering, she didn’t wear a mask, she told her TV audience, -
Novaerus Defend 1050 cleared by FDA as 510(k) Class II Medical Device to inactivate and filter out airborne virus and bacteria for medical purposes Defend 1050 uses patented NanoStrike® technology to damage and inactivate airborne micro-organisms. Dublin, Ireland and Stamford, -
Back in the 1950s, cartoonist Charles Schulz introduced a new character into his world-famous Peanuts strip: Pig-Pen, an amiable boy known for the cloud of dirt and dust that follows him everywhere. “I’m a dust magnet!” Pig-Pen declared. In truth, -
Read part one of this blog post here. Flu Virus Hovers in the Air For decades, scientists assumed influenza was spread only by large droplets and by touch. For example, an infected person coughs or sneezes, spraying gobs of virus -
For months, global health experts have feared the collision of Covid-19 and the seasonal flu. But now, with flu season nearing and Covid-19 surging, averting a “twindemic” appears more challenging than initially predicted. The coronavirus has rebounded across Europe and -
Read part one of this blog here. Ventilation and Filtration: School Buildings Must Do More Some school websites do discuss ventilation and air filtration, critical strategies for controlling airborne spread. But here again, actions fall short. Open windows are a -
Scan the website of any school that has reopened in the Covid-19 era, and you’ll find a litany of “enhanced disinfection protocols.” Cleaning schedules for whiteboards, light switches, and cafeteria microwaves. Lists of government-approved carpet disinfectants. An accounting of “hypochlorous
