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February 16, 2021 By e-Patient Dave 1 Comment

“A realist adjusts the sails”: my CO₂ monitor, levels at my Y, Osterholm’s podcast, B117

After yesterday’s post on CO₂ monitoring, I’ve been happily surprised at how many people expressed interest. Here’s more on that, and a few updates. Vaccines are rolling out as a new danger arrives; it’s more important than ever to be careful and think clearly.

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Filed Under: Coronavirus Tagged With: coronavirus, covid-19, vaccines 1 Comment

February 15, 2021 By e-Patient Dave 5 Comments

Update on CO₂ monitoring for virus protection

Note: tomorrow I’ll have an important update on the coming surge of the B117 variant.


The Washington Post ran a big piece on CO₂ monitors last week, and I felt smug, because I scooped ’em with my Jan 23 post. CO₂ is a good indication of air freshness, which is important because fresh air dilutes any contaminants, including virus particles. Their article:

In a major new pandemic trend, people are turning to carbon dioxide monitoring devices to help assess ventilation quality

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Filed Under: Coronavirus Tagged With: carbon dioxide, co2, coronavirus, covid-19, monitoring, virus 5 Comments

January 23, 2021 By e-Patient Dave 10 Comments

Ventilation for COVID-19 defense, part 2: CO₂ and new warnings

I’ve started compiling all my virus posts into a /covid19 page, which I hope to convert into a series of pages.

Four months ago in Winter’s coming. Time to talk about ventilation for coronavirus defense, I talked about ventilation (fresh air) and about HEPA filters for cleaning indoor air. Here’s an update, focusing particularly on the latest bee in my bonnet: CO₂ detectors.

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Filed Under: Coronavirus, patient engagement Tagged With: carbon dioxide, co2, coronavirus, covid-19, hvac 10 Comments

November 23, 2020 By e-Patient Dave 2 Comments

#LongCOVID patient researcher Hannah Wei kicks off FHIR DevDays

For two years I’ve blogged about DevDays, the twice-annual software developer conference for the FHIR software standard for health data. November 17-20 was this fall’s edition, and in the opening session, Hannah Wei gave a keynote unlike any other.

Fifteen minute video:

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Filed Under: Coronavirus, FHIR, Health data, Innovation, Patient-centered tech Tagged With: coronavirus, covid, health data, long haul, longcovid, patient centered care 2 Comments

November 1, 2020 By e-Patient Dave 7 Comments

Great NY Times visualization of how masks work against mists (aka aerosols)

After my previous post Winter’s coming. Time to talk about ventilation for coronavirus defense I’ve been amazed that hardly any businesses I’ve visited are using HEPA filters – or if they are, they’re not touting it. Why??

This is important information, with potentially huge benefits for businesses and customers alike. Why are we all focused on waiting for treatment, when all of us (anywhere on the political spectrum) want two things:

  • Be safe
  • Get back to “as normal as possible” as fast as possible.
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Filed Under: Coronavirus Tagged With: coronavirus, face masks, filters, hepa, masks 7 Comments

September 27, 2020 By e-Patient Dave 10 Comments

Winter’s coming. Time to talk about ventilation for coronavirus defense.

Update Nov 11: see also these related posts –

  • How universal masking minimizes COVID-19 risk (great graphic) May 28
  • Great NY Times visualization of how masks work against mists (aka aerosols) Nov 1
    • For a much deeper dive into the mysteries of aerosols (aka mists), with links to things like National Geographic’s risk calculator, see the Google Doc https://tinyurl.com/FAQ-aerosols maintained by José L. Jiménez (@jljcolorado) and other aerosol specialists.
  • The problem with “herd immunity” as a COVID-19 strategy May 4
  • … and the many informative comments on the original Facebook post, linked in this article, as well as comments on this post.
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Filed Under: Coronavirus Tagged With: air purifiers, coronavirus, covid-19, hepa 10 Comments

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