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How to use ventilation and air filtration to prevent the spread of coronavirus indoors

  • Written by Shelly Miller, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
imageOpen windows are the simplest way to increase air flow in a room. Justin Paget / Digital Vision via Getty Images

The vast majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs indoors, most of it from the inhalation of airborne particles that contain the coronavirus. The best way to prevent the virus from spreading in a home or business would be to simply...

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