Decent stopgap but still not truly safe solution to your situation is an air filter running 24/7 and regularly replacing the filter monthly. It Will at least dramatically cut down on the spores youre breathing in.
A cheap $20 box fan with regular $10-15household air filters taped to it is extremely effective. At filtering the aur
Its actually much more effective than buying fancy HEPA air filters. Not by filtering smaller particles but by moving WAY more air through a slightly less effective filter for said small particles.
This is good advice, and I am doing that. I have 2 air filters I run all the time, one of them is a HEPA that was gifted to me long before all this started. I also keep windows open and basic fans placed to try to displace as much inside air with outside air as I can. It does make a difference.
Would a mask help during the damper months?
Or would it be counterproductive if it ends up capturing it on mask? I have no experience in this, but during the post-covid time, by wearing a mask(even a cloth one) I noticed a lot of the stuff that’s in our air, from vehicle smoke to dust from construction work.
Have you talked about this on Chapo or Asklemmy? Maybe you can get some ideas and then look into experts on it?
Have heard about reddit threads suggesting solutions for issues and I do think it’s mostly hopium and copium, but using it as a starting point rather than pro advice maybe ok?
Decent stopgap but still not truly safe solution to your situation is an air filter running 24/7 and regularly replacing the filter monthly. It Will at least dramatically cut down on the spores youre breathing in.
A cheap $20 box fan with regular $10-15household air filters taped to it is extremely effective. At filtering the aur
Its actually much more effective than buying fancy HEPA air filters. Not by filtering smaller particles but by moving WAY more air through a slightly less effective filter for said small particles.
This is good advice, and I am doing that. I have 2 air filters I run all the time, one of them is a HEPA that was gifted to me long before all this started. I also keep windows open and basic fans placed to try to displace as much inside air with outside air as I can. It does make a difference.
Would a mask help during the damper months?
Or would it be counterproductive if it ends up capturing it on mask? I have no experience in this, but during the post-covid time, by wearing a mask(even a cloth one) I noticed a lot of the stuff that’s in our air, from vehicle smoke to dust from construction work.
Have you talked about this on Chapo or Asklemmy? Maybe you can get some ideas and then look into experts on it?
Have heard about reddit threads suggesting solutions for issues and I do think it’s mostly hopium and copium, but using it as a starting point rather than pro advice maybe ok?