CO2 meters: Useful to reduce the spread of Covid-19?
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pandemic, carbon dioxide, monitoringAbstract
Never before has been needed a level of resilience as in the times during and after the long confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Such a situation led us to search for means to avoid and reduce possible contagion, from using facemasks to developing vaccines. However, given that the variants of this virus will remain in our environment for a long time, it is necessary to have mechanisms to maintain a safe and contagion-free environment. Among them, the employment of carbon dioxide meters in closed spaces has been proposed, but are they actually useful?
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