Thursday, June 25, 2020

For the Lack of a AC Filtering System

Since this 'burst' of the Coronavirus up in the NW of Germany, and centered on this meat-processing company (Tonnies)....a number of health experts from the government have been looking for issues at the plant.

N-TV brought this up today, and there is this little item that stood out in their report.

Naturally, a meat-processing plant will have a significant AC unit cooling everything. 

Well...in this plant....it had no filtering system.  The health guys kinda indicate that most meat-processing plants run this way.

So the virus got into the air system....never slowed down....and drifted around to other employees.

Measures to be taken?  Yes.  But no one says the anticipated 'get-well' date.  If you approached most HVAC folks, they'd have to survey the project, order the parts, and spend a minimum of a week or two....installing a filtering system.  The more complicated or greater the size of the unit....the more issues.  It would surprise me if this were 'fixed' in 30 days. 

The odds that the entire industry will have to accomplish this within the next two or three months?  I'd give it a 100-percent odds. 

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