Focus on the primary cause for the spread of COVID-19 has shifted from direct human contact to airborne transmission. As a result, medical authorities around the world are now encouraging everyone to wear face masks.
In fact, infectious disease specialists around the world, led by Dr. Stephanie Taylor, Infection Control Consultant at Harvard Medical School, are petitioning the World Health Organisation to address the interior air quality of public buildings in order to improve the health and well-being of occupants.
The petitioners cite three key benefits: performance improvements in the respiratory immune system; a reduced ability for virus droplets to remain airborne; and the enhanced possibility for physio-chemical reactions to occur that deactivate the virus...
