My dad told me years ago that it was low humidity.
E.g. Yale study from 2019. I suspect it's a bunch of things, working together. Bodies are insanely complicated. Masking helps both! It keeps your nose warm and keeps humidity in to keep your nose and throat moist! Cheers, Scott. |
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So, in winter you're running a hymidifier in your house?
I've done that in the more recent years of my life but not when I lived in NY state in the 1960's and 1970's. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov |
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Yup.
We've got an "April Aire" thing on our furnace. It works well, but wastes a lot of water so I don't usually turn it on. Our home is usually above 30%, so it's Ok. Work is another story. The air is painfully dry there in the winter (old HVAC, no added humidity) - routinely below 15%. :-/ I used to get sinus infections every winter, but unsurprisingly I haven't any longer since I've been wearing masks while indoors... ;-) Case are going up. Be careful out there! Cheers, Scott. |
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Watch that thing
I had a whole house humidifier set up that joined in at the output of the furnace to the airflow. Forgot about it for a season and it had some hideous mold in there. Keep it clean. Pay attention to it or it will kill you. |
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Good advice. We do check it. Thanks.
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I read that as "...in your nose?" at first.
Obviously assumed you were kidding, surprised as fuck when you went on to explain you'd done it for real. Had to re-read the headline. -- Christian R. Conrad The Man Who Apparently Still Knows Fucking Everything Mail: Same username as at the top left of this post, at iki.fi |
Keep your nose warm to prevent colds and flu.
- (crazy)
- (8)
- Dec. 6, 2022, 01:14:33 PM EST
It’s amazing how long it’s taken to figure that out!
- (a6l6e6x)
- Dec. 6, 2022, 04:02:20 PM EST
Cool, and useful, I like it
-NT
- (drook)
- Dec. 6, 2022, 05:17:18 PM EST
My dad told me years ago that it was low humidity.
- (Another Scott)
- (5)
- Dec. 9, 2022, 10:59:01 PM EST
So, in winter you're running a hymidifier in your house?
- (a6l6e6x)
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- Dec. 11, 2022, 09:27:30 PM EST
Yup.
- (Another Scott)
- (2)
- Dec. 11, 2022, 07:05:00 PM EST
Watch that thing
- (crazy)
- (1)
- Dec. 13, 2022, 12:03:03 PM EST
Good advice. We do check it. Thanks.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- Dec. 13, 2022, 01:42:42 PM EST
I read that as "...in your nose?" at first.
- (CRConrad)
- Dec. 12, 2022, 05:52:29 AM EST
