Doctors, engineers call on Ontario to address airborne spread of COVID-19 in open letter “Ventilation not Ventilators”
Nearly three dozen engineers and doctors in Ontario are calling on the Health Ministry to better inform the public about the risks of airborne transmission of COVID-19, and improve ventilation standards across the province.
In a letter, 21 doctors and 12 engineers and other scientists call on Ontario to update the province’s COVID-19 guidelines, regulations and communication to reflect the Public Health Agency of Canada’s acknowledgement earlier this month that COVID-19 can indeed spread in microscopic droplets, or aerosols, that can travel beyond two metres.