Humidity and airborne viruse (Linsey Marr @linseymarr)
. @DrWanYang and I studied this question in 2011, exploring different removal mechanisms from air as a function of RH. I thought we’d find that at high RH, droplets/aerosols would be a lot larger and settle out quickly. https://t.co/Lu9CQB1AMz /2 — Linsey Marr (@linseymarr) December 27, 2020 This led us on a 10-year quest to understand virus inactivation in droplets/aerosols, still ongoing. Survival can vary by 2-100x between <20% RH vs. 40-80% RH, usually U-shaped relationship between viability and RH for many viruses. https://t.co/gncwvtQpGF with @kaisen_lin /4 pic.twitter.com/Z93CqKnTbo — Linsey Marr (@linseymarr) December 27, 2020 SARS-CoV-2 shows the classic U-shaped relationship between viability and RH that we see with most enveloped viruses in culture media. https://t.co/lFovXAdUkr with @dylanhmorris @amandinegamble @qishenhuang @petervikesland Munster Lloyd-Smith others /6 pic.twitter.com/Ow057Qm77F — Linsey Marr (@linseymarr) December 27, 2020 At low R