Can air conditioning be contributing to the spread of COVID-19?

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"Most air conditioning systems will not filter out or kill the virus in any way," M.G. Finn, director of Georgia Tech's chemical biology center, said. "In a restaurant, the air conditioning makes it comfortable for you to be in the restaurant. If there are other people there with the virus, then there is an increased chance of exposure."

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College of Sciences

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Economic Development and Policy, Student and Faculty, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Keywords
covid-19, virus transmission, virus exposure, chemistry
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  • Created By: kpietkiewicz3
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Jul 7, 2020 - 12:35pm
  • Last Updated: Jul 7, 2020 - 12:35pm