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Using a Humidifier Might Reduce Your Chances of Contracting COVID-19 – ScienceAlert
The coronavirus spreads better when temperatures and humidity are both low. So a humidifier could help make it harder for it to jump between people.
Respiratory viruses love the winter. These pathogens thrive in the cold and travel easier from host to host in dry air.
“When cold outdoor air with little moisture is heated indoors, the air’s relative humidity drops to about 20%,” Akiko Iwasaki, an immunobiologist at Yale University, said in a statement. “This dry air provides a clear pathway for airborne viruses.”
Relative humidity (RH) is a measure of how saturated the air is with water vapor. So in a room with 40% relative humidity, the air…
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