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		mdp2021 on Aug 25, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Study: Air purifier use at daycare centres cut kid... > what air purifiers are supposed to effect, as observed in the study Which would be? Have you seen details in the submitted article? I suppose this is the study (but the page is bouncing me): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240584402... I have an air purifier working not two meters from me - and it is an HEPA filter with forced ventilation. Not an "air disinfectant".

jstummbillig on Aug 25, 2024 [–]

Per this study, the number of sick days.

mdp2021 on Aug 26, 2024 | [–]

No, you got confused there. The point is "what kind of air purification" should we pursue. Correctly you wrote that it should be probably that of the study - but the submission does not say what it is... Rotating mallets? HEPA? Death rays? Carbon?

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