Can a Portable Air Cleaner Protect You From COVID?

Joseph Allen, DSc, assistant professor of exposure assessment science and director, Healthy Buildings Program, Harvard University.

Shelly Miller, PhD, environmental engineer, University of Colorado-Boulder.

Linsey Marr, PhD, professor of civil and environmental engineering, Virginia Tech.

Shelly Miller blog: “A Hopefully Helpful Short Report on Air Cleaners.”

Clinical Infectious Diseases: “It Is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).”

Indoor Air: “Ventilation and health in non‐industrial indoor environments: report from a European Multidisciplinary Scientific Consensus Meeting (EUROVEN).”

Environmental Protection Agency: “Air Cleaners and Air Filters in the Home,” “Indoor Air Quality: What is a HEPA filter?” Guide to Air Cleaners in the Home,” “Air Cleaners, HVAC Filters, and Coronavirus (COVID-19).”

Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers: “Facts About Clean Air.”

California Air Resources Board: “California Certified Air Cleaning Devices.”

Consumer Reports: “Best and Worst Air Purifiers of 2020,” “What You Need to Know About Air Purifiers and the Coronavirus.”

CNET: “Best air purifiers for 2020: Dyson, Coway, Molekule and more,” “Do air purifiers protect against COVID-19? What about wildfire smoke?”

Harvard-CU Boulder Portable Air Cleaner Calculator for Schools.

Mayo Clinic: “Can a home air purifier system protect you against COVID-19?”

NPR: “Coronavirus FAQ: How Do I Protect Myself If The Coronavirus Can Linger In The Air?” “Coronavirus FAQ: Is It A Good Idea To Buy An Air Cleaner For My Home?” 

The Conversation: “How to use ventilation and air filtration to prevent the spread of coronavirus indoors.”

Vox: “Coronavirus is in the air. Here’s how to get it out.”

MD Anderson Cancer Center: “Can air purifiers protect you from COVID-19?”

National Library of Medicine (PubMed): “What is an effective portable air cleaning device? A review.”

WebMD: “Colleges and Universities: The New COVID Hot Spots,” “Coronavirus and Apartments: What’s the Risk?” “CDC Says Once Again Breathing Can Spread COVID.” 

CNN: “Fauci: ‘There’s good enough data to say that aerosol transmission does occur.’ ”

NBC News: “Fauci calls Amy Coney Barrett ceremony in Rose Garden ‘superspreader event.’ ”

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