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Those ceiling fans will spread any air borne water droplets around like warm butter on toast.



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Possibly!

With all the tracking, bubble leverage and the fact that we haven't even had a case in the region will hopefully be caution enough. I should advise him to keep them off and sacrifice air flow/overheating for viral safety.

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That's amazing that no cases have been found in your region. I guess either you are really lucky, or just none of them have been particularly bad enough for anyone to take notice and get tested?

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Actually it is lower-density population area and we are just collectively being over cautious and conservative. Plenty of testing, just very contained cases.

I spoke to the owner about the fans and he said airflow is actually encouraged by the safety board. Ventilation and circulating air evaporates the water droplets and kills any virus quicker?

Either way, we are just taking every precaution short of not training. Best case scenario, we become a leader in safety and sanitization.

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Lower population areas does make it far easier to control. Although I know some small communities in Ontario, especially retirement communities have been badly hit. My grandmother's town (she's fine) has one of the highest mortality rates in the world and it's all from one or two senior's residences.

Airflow is an interesting one. As far as I know, ventilation fans which take old air out and put new air in would be great since the air is being changed and the currents go towards one direction.
Ceiling fans don't really do that. But, he may be right with them promoting evaporation which would kill the virus in water droplets. It could be faster at killing the virus than just stale air.

I know there was a case here where 60 people got sick in a Starbucks because one sick guy was sitting in front of a fan. So it seems a fan scatters around the virus faster than it destroys a virus.

In another case, I saw someone trying to blow out a candle while wearing a mask. Give it a go. I tried and I couldn't even move the flame with the cheapest blue masks that are like 10 cents each.

So if everyone is wearing a mask, it's likely if they are sick the virus is just going to sit in their mask and not have a chance to spread around fan or not. So be cautious if there is one person who thinks they don't need a mask because they are standing off in the corner.

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Yah Bobcageon or that area north of Peterborough was hit hard early on. I think that is more a product of Doug Ford's cuts to seniors healthcare and having the military step in to help manage seniors home? Just a goat rodeo.

With those fans, he also has 4 intake ducts, 2 A/C ducts (with outside air) and there is a front and rear door he leaves open for airflow right through the building.

Again, not sure it is 100% safe but nothing really is nowadays and he is definitely following the guidelines and then some.

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