Karen Cohn, MS, Certified Industrial Hygienist, Senior Public Health Consultant and former Program Manager, San Francisco Department of Public Health’s Children’s Environmental Health Promotion Program, released a January, 2021, presentation on reducing airborne virus transmission risk. The slides can be found here and here. The presentation includes: what we know about airborne transmission of COVID-19; using ventilation and filtration to reduce airborne transmission; and the role of temperature, humidity, and other factors in COVID-19 transmission. The presentation includes scientific evidence, practical tips, and small group learning activities.
The poster below on Make the air in your home safer during COVID-19 by increasing ventilation and filtration developed by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health provides a great summary of the recommendations. Click here to download the PDF versions in English and Spanish.
