OR, 0.57; 95% CI: 0.32-1.04 🥲
I’m so surprised that there aren’t more and bigger studies on this. I understand that collecting data is expensive etc etc. BUT I think the public health implications would be huge. If their effects are even just close to an OR = 0.5, just put them everywhere pls 🙏
I’m so surprised that there aren’t more and bigger studies on this. I understand that collecting data is expensive etc etc. BUT I think the public health implications would be huge. If their effects are even just close to an OR = 0.5, just put them everywhere pls 🙏
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New RCT detects no impact of HEPA filters on respiratory infections in people in residential care homes.
But unfortunately, the design isn't very informative overall.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
But unfortunately, the design isn't very informative overall.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Similar here, but it's more of a representation theorem kind of thing, because I have no evidence that we ever did a cost-benefit calculation, or that anyone knows how.
also, if you know about LTC facilities, a filter in each room is . .hard ?
what about hallways or common areas ?
They have your best interests at heart.
Anecdotally it seems like dirty hands/spaces are visible and thus easily equated to "bacteria/viruses and bad." Whereas air...much harder to grasp the concept that air needs to be cleaned?
#reviewGrinch #bringBackPrimaryDataCollection
The biggest change in air quality would be fresh circulation. Installing something like an HRV/ERV and measuring "fresh"-ness via CO2 level is all but guaranteed to improve cognition. Everything else is a bonus.
Also liked @conjugateprior.org's graph in one of the responses but can't find it!
But field trials like this aren't divorced from the real world, they have to be done in the wild to have any credibility