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pwb

(11,261 posts) Sun Apr 19, 2020, 12:45 PM Apr 2020

The cabin air filter in our vehicles?

May help slow or trap the virus? I don't know for sure, but when i change mine it is full of debris . I worry about people out on motorcycles breathing forced new air the whole ride.

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The cabin air filter in our vehicles? (Original Post) pwb Apr 2020 OP

Diluted by wind. Motorcyclists have a lot to worry about, pollution wise, but COVID-19 unlikely to hlthe2b Apr 2020 #1

Aerodynamics. The viruses don't splat on a moving object The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2020 #2

hlthe2b

(102,247 posts)

1. Diluted by wind. Motorcyclists have a lot to worry about, pollution wise, but COVID-19 unlikely to

Reply to pwb (Original post)

Sun Apr 19, 2020, 12:50 PM

Apr 2020

be an issue. Extended time closely sitting, walking, standing, even biking beside someone else--even outdoors likely to be a very different issue, however.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,683 posts)

2. Aerodynamics. The viruses don't splat on a moving object

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 19, 2020, 01:03 PM

Apr 2020

like a car or a person like a bug on a windshield. They are so small that the air currents flowing around a moving object divert them away. They don't stick on you or your car.

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