The war also involves freezing our children, in places they are legally required to be. This is happening to my son as well, as the school is forced to keep their windows open.
Even if we ignore all the obvious responses like “maybe don’t freeze children”, does this even help against Covid? Yes, ventilation obviously disperses aerosols faster, but when I keep a window open in winter my indoor humidity falls below 40%, which is very obviously Not Good for my health in various ways. Also, I haven’t read the SSC post on disease seasonality yet, but IIRC humidity plays a likely role.
If the air we are breathing in is below 40%RH (relative humidity) over a prolonged period of time, this mucous membrane layer dries out. This can cause damage to the cilia, inhibits our ability to filter pollutants from the air we breathe and leave us susceptible to airborne infection.
Even if we ignore all the obvious responses like “maybe don’t freeze children”, does this even help against Covid? Yes, ventilation obviously disperses aerosols faster, but when I keep a window open in winter my indoor humidity falls below 40%, which is very obviously Not Good for my health in various ways. Also, I haven’t read the SSC post on disease seasonality yet, but IIRC humidity plays a likely role.
Random googled source for corroboration: