The Clean Air In Buildings Challenge

White House (Finally) Elevates Healthy Buildings as Part of National Covid Strategy - Stat News

By Joseph G. Allen of Stat News, March 18, 2022

(Stat News, March 18th, 2022) The White House announcement on Thursday that it is elevating “clean air in buildings” as a key pillar in the national Covid-19 response is nothing short of a landmark shift in the response.

How so? The country has made enormous gains in its Covid fight along several axes — vaccines and boosters, rapid tests and treatments, and the recent release of N95 masks to the public. But there was one element that was still lacking more than two years into the pandemic: ventilation and filtration. That has now changed.

The White House had been on something of a listening and engagement tour on this topic, reaching out to many experts (including me) to gather evidence on why better buildings were key, and what should be done to elevate this topic. The listening paid off because its Clean Air in Buildings Challenge is excellent.

The White House announcement on Thursday that it is elevating “clean air in buildings” as a key pillar in the national Covid-19 response
The White House has just launched an effort to improve ventilation in buildings to reduce Covid spread. MARK LENNIHAN/AP
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