COVID-19: Ventilation and Air Circulation

Published: Oct. 28, 2021, 7 p.m.

Overview: This episode reviews the current news updates of this pandemic as well as recently updated guidelines and medical literature. In addition, our moderator, Dr. Krystina Woods, sits down with Dr. Brett Singer of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory around venitilation, air circulation, and air quality. They discuss recent research Dr. Singer and his team have done around indoor air and transmission, how to improve ventilation at businesses, schools, hospitals, and the home, and future research in this area for the pandemic and beyond. Speakers: - Brett Singer, PhD - Krystina Woods, MD (moderator) - Chris Crnich, MD, PhD (news update) Sources from the news update: https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-takes-additional-actions-use-booster-dose-covid-19-vaccines https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.10.10.21264827v1.full.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1028113/Technical_Briefing_26.pdf https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04130-w What do you think of our podcasts? Do you have topic or speaker suggestions? Let us know at https://learningce.shea-online.org/content/shea-podcast-feedback