Air purifiers may actually help spread of COVID in confined spaces

Researchers at the University of Nicosia in Cyprus conducted the study, “Physics of Fluids,” that was published on Tuesday to show what would happen if a person coughed in a crowded elevator.

“The air purifier reduces the droplet dispersion but will not eliminate it. The air intake integrated inside the purifier equipment induces flow circulation that can add to the transport of contaminated saliva droplets in the cabin,” wrote authors Talib Dbouka and Dimitris Drikakis.

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