Continuing coronavirus happenings (Part 1)

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American Airlines to conduct 19,000 furloughs, layoffs in October

Roughly 1,900 at PHL.

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just in time for the christmas/eviction season…

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It’s going to be the year without a Christmas for a lot of kids - and adults.

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Thanks for spreading the word, and even more for not spreading the flu.

Thanks. This competence to clarify, revise, give context is very much needed.

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Good points. I work in the home performance/building science field and adequate ventilation is finally getting the attention it deserves due to the pandemic. We’ve known for decades that good indoor air quality is largely dependent on good ventilation, but so many builders (and homeowners) see it as a waste of money.

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I have wondered how in conflict it is with efficiency, and how much we have to sacrifice in terms of energy use. Bringing fresh air in and pumping conditioned air out seems like it would be wasteful, but, recirculating the same conditioned air around and around is a bad idea with infectious disease.

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A colleague of mine made this cool calculator tool a few years ago. It includes the cost of the electricity to run the fan as well as heating/cooling the fresh air. It’s free to use, check it out :slight_smile:

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I can’t speak to other places, but this is 100% true in southern Arizona.

They’re actually critical in a highly efficient house because otherwise the tight seal required would have you suffocating.

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Air-to-air heat exchangers can mitigate the efficiency issues, both for heating and cooling.

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FYI- everyone is inside with AC over the summer here.

It’s the masks.

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Here’s a podcast that a friend of mine did with a professor of atmospheric chemistry relating to classrooms and aerosols.

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That’s awesome, thank you!

And thank you @ClutchLinkey, that a cool tool.

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The Plan: kill as many people as we can on the way out the door.

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“Fewer tests equals fewer cases…” hmmm, where have I heard that before? :thinking: They keep talking like we have this thing under control. This is one way to give that appearance at least. It will fall apart when the deaths come, but that may be long enough, I guess.

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hmmm. it’s incredibly non specific ( ex. attend all trainings about what to do about workplace violence )

it also comes with a questionable info graphic

is it giving angry, violent people really the right thing to do?*

(* hint: no. clear, firm rules are essential. and are often a good tool for deescalation: im sorry this isn’t about you. those are just the rules. yes, it’s all stupid. would you like to talk about it more outside? )

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And when it comes down to it, the #1 thing they can do that doesn’t involve a direct confrontation is refuse service to anyone who isn’t wearing a mask properly the entire time they are in the building.

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Context?

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