Prevention
Prevention techniques are the best way to try to avoid contracting SARS-CoV-2 and Long COVID, in reducing viral load, preventing severe acute COVID, and to not die due to SARS-CoV-2/COVID. The Long COVID Foundation puts a spotlight on promoting prevention and mitigation techniques for schools, hospitals, and other public spaces. Our first action was to reach out to school districts to ask them their COVID protocols and prevention practices in order to ascertain if we can help them do better to protect the kids, teachers, staff, and theirfamilies.
Some of the best prevention techniques are as follows:
* Air Filtration/HEPA Filters/UV Light
"Italian study shows ventilation can cut school COVID cases by 82%."
"COVID infections were steeply lower in the 316 classrooms that had mechanical ventilation systems, with the reduction in cases more marked according to the strength of the systems. With applications guaranteeing a complete replacement of the air in a classroom 2.4 times in an hour, infections were reduced by 40%. They were lowered by 66.8% with four air replacements per hour and by 82.5% with six air replacements, the study showed."
* Masking
"Effectiveness of Face Mask or Respirator Use in Indoor Public Settings for Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 Infection"
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7106e1.htm
* Nasal sprays
* Frequent testing while symptomatic
* Avoid going to public places unless necessary & staying home when sick whether your COVID test is positive or not
