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Installing air filters in classrooms has surprisingly large educational benefits (2020)

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308 points tangjurine | 2 comments | 31 Mar 25 00:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.381s | source
1. yoshuaw ◴[31 Mar 25 02:24 UTC] No.43530138[source]▶
A study published just yesterday [1] showed that just two airborne diseases [2] were responsible for approximately 85% of all sicks days in Greece during 2023-2024. Disregarding the common-sense argument that reducing collective suffering is a good thing overall - even by the cold hard logic of capital, being able to reduce company sick days by up to 85% is a huge opportunity.

Imo we're way overdue standards and controls for clean indoor air that are on par with standards for drinking water and food. Like this article shows, we have the tech to provide clean air today. All we're missing is policy to uniformly deploy it.

[1]: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S01966...

[2]: SARS-CoV-19: ~75% of sick days, Influenza: ~10% of sick days

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2. socksy ◴[01 Apr 25 06:50 UTC] No.43543604[source]▶
Might this be related to the fact that Greeks tend not to take sick days compared to other European countries[1]? Not coming to work because you have covid is far more culturally accepted (and maybe expected) than a common cold.

[1]: https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1255154/greek-work-ethi...