FMLink featured the new enVerid Air Purifier, noting that it’s a “new high-efficiency filtration product that has been shown to capture 99.99% of viruses including a surrogate for the COVID-19 virus” and that “The latest guidance for Reopening of Schools and Universities from ASHRAE’s Epidemic Task Force recommends the use of high-efficiency filters and UV machines in classrooms, residence halls, and in rehearsal rooms and green rooms. This advice is supported by many experts, including a recent paper from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health on Risk Reduction Strategies for Reopening Schools. According to the paper, “Portable air cleaners with high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters may be useful to reduce exposures to airborne droplets and aerosols emitted from infectious individuals in buildings.”
