Why can winter worsen the corona pandemic?

The dreaded second corona virus wave has arrived just in time for the beginning of the cold season. Since the start of the pandemic epidemiologists and virologists have been warning us of the effect winter can have, whereby the cold weather outside keeps people in their homes, spreading the virus more and more indoors in closed rooms. For example, after analysing contact tracing, a study by Japanese researchers found that people that people are 19 times more likely to become infected indoors than outdoors.

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Coronavirus floats in the air How to reduce the risk of infection in commercial spaces thanks to professional air humidification

In the retail trade, such as at the baker’s or optician’s or even in the gallery – wherever you and your employees as well as the customers spend longer periods of time in closed rooms, another particularly high risk of infection lurks beyond the known droplet infection – so-called aerosols. This is the name given to the fine, virus-containing mist of droplets that is already produced during normal breathing and speaking and which hovers in the air for a particularly long time as a highly infectious cloud. Professor Dr. Roland Netz from the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Berlin has found an explanation for this phenomenon – and also for the solution…

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Coronavirus ‘floats’ in the air: How to reduce the risk of infection in youth hostels thanks to professional air humidification

Youth hostel are being opened, little by little Even if, as a hostel warden, you take particular care to implement strict hygiene rules, children and young people naturally want to make use of their freedom, especially in youth hostels. But as soon as they move about in the closed bedrooms and common rooms, another particularly high risk of infection, beyond that of familiar droplet infection – the so-called ‘aerosol’ – lurks for your guests, young and old. Professor Dr. Roland Netz from the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Berlin has found an explanation for this phenomenon – and also for the solution…

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Corona virus floats in the air: How to reduce the risk of infection in your hairdressing salon – thanks to professional air humidification

As a hairdresser, you have probably jumped back and forth between reception and waiting area, sink and chair in the last few days. Even if you’ve almost always managed to comply with the strict hygiene rules in the process, as a responsible operator you should keep an eye on the particular danger constituted by corona virus: In your salon, too, there is another particularly high risk of infection lurking beyond the familiar droplet infection – the so-called ‘aerosol’. Professor Dr. Roland Netz from the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Berlin has the explanation for this phenomenon – and also for the solution…

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Coronavirus floats in the air How to reduce the risk of infection in your fitness studio- thanks to professional air humidification

Did the members of your fitness studio have to queue up for the reopening? That’s a testament to you – and the confidence of the members in your hygiene measures. As the responsible operator, however, you should keep an eye on the particular risk posed by the corona virus, which has been confirmed by recent studies: In addition to the known droplet infection, another particularly high risk of infection lurks in your fitness studio – the so-called ‘aerosol’. Professor Dr. Roland Netz from the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Berlin has found an explanation for this phenomenon – and also for the solution …

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Coronaviruses ‘float’ in the air: How to reduce the risk of infection in your school – thanks to professional air humidification

Bit by bit, schools are now returning to their normal timetables.  As a responsible headteacher, you should, in addition to implementing the strict hygiene regulations, also keep in mind a particular danger posed by the coronavirus, which has been confirmed by recent scientific studies: In addition to the already well-known droplet infection, another particularly potent infection risk lurks in classrooms – ‘aerosols’. Professor Dr. Roland Netz from the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Berlin has provided the explanation for this phenomenon – and also for the solution …

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Coronaviruses ‘float’ in the air: Banks and savings banks reduce risk of infection thanks to professional air humidification

Financial advisers at banks and savings banks are increasingly taking personal appointments again, while their colleagues at the cash desks were indispensable even at the height of the Corona crisis. But there is still a particularly high risk of infection lurking at the advisor’s desk, at the cash desk and in the customer waiting area – the aerosol. This is the name given to the fine, virus-containing mist of droplets which is formed during normal breathing and speaking, and which floats in the air as a highly infectious cloud for a particularly long time. Professor Dr. Roland Netz from the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Berlin has found the explanation for this phenomenon – and also the solution …

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Coronaviruses ‘float’ in the air: How to reduce the risk of infection in your massage salon – thanks to professional air humidification

Hopefully reopening will resolve the stress and tension that massage salons have been building up during the recent corona period as well. However, in addition to the new strict hygiene rules, you as the responsible business owner should keep the particular danger posed by the coronavirus in mind: Beyond the already well-known droplet infection, another particularly potent infection risk lurks in your salon – the ‘aerosol’. Professor Dr. Roland Netz from the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Berlin has provided the explanation for this phenomenon – and also for the solution …

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