#Microblog Monday 362: 3% of the Air
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There was an opening to a recent Atlantic article that left me stunned (and grossed out) even though it made complete sense in retrospect:
Before you read any further, take a long, slow, deep breath. Congratulations! If you’re sitting in a typical American home, office building, or school, about 3 percent of the air you breathed in recently came out of the lungs of the people in the room with you right now.
I mean, yes, I clearly knew that the air in my lungs wasn’t pristine air that had never been inside another human being. But… it’s one thing to hold it in the back of my head and another to really consider the implications.
As someone who is against cup sharing or eating off another person’s fork, I was squicked out to think about this.
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2 comments
I am a big fan of the many accomplished women aerosol scientists that I started following on Twitter since last year. They are publishing, presenting, giving interviews, sharing research and making a difference in COVID and maybe flu and rhinovirus. I do think they feel understandably discouraged that some schools haven’t invested in co2 monitors and HEPA filters. But I love to see women leading the way…
I’ve definitely thought twice about things since the start of the pandemic and have put the kibosh on a lot of sharing. I do think though we still have to enjoy life. I try to draw a line between extreme caution and making all of us in the house neurotic!