excruciatingly slow motion for the wand
to make any impact. Any exposure to the
skin or eyes by UVC can create burns
and cause permanent eye damage.
18
SILENT PURIFIERS = NOT EFFECTIVE
Photoelectrochemical oxidation (PECO)
filter units that look like modern art or
can hang like a masterpiece on a wall
may be very pretty and quiet, but they
are basically worthless when it comes to
filtering microbes, and they don't do their
jobs well at all.
19
Air purifiers with HEPA
filters and fans are the gold standard.
BREATHE EASY
You care about your clients; otherwise, you
wouldn't have chosen this career. While
we may trust each other to do the right
thing and reschedule if we think one of
us may expose the other to illness, and
we believe no decent person intends to
spread the virus that causes COVID-19,
it spreads anyway. But by masking,
keeping our distance, following universal
precautions, watching community rates of
transmission, and maintaining healthy and
well-ventilated indoor environments, we
can begin to make our way carefully back to
productivity, embracing the good work we
are capable of doing. Remember: we cannot
eliminate risk, but we can reduce it.
NOTES
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4. Environmental Protection Agency, "Air
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(COVID-19)," updated January 13, 2021, www.
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and-coronavirus-covid-19; Environmental
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I Use in My Home HVAC System to Help
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14. Shane Riddell et al., "The Effect of
Temperature on Persistence of SARS-
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15. Ajit Ahlawat, Alfred Wiedensohler, Sumit
Kumar Mishra, "An Overview on the Role of
Relative Humidity in Airborne Transmission
of SARS-CoV-2 in Indoor Environments."
16. Shane Riddell et al., "The Effect of
Temperature on Persistence of SARS-
CoV-2 on Common Surfaces."
17. Environmental Protection Agency,
"Air Cleaners, HVAC Filters, and
Coronavirus (COVID-19)."
18. G. Katara et al., "Surface Disinfection
by Exposure to Germicidal UV Light."
19. Tim Heffernan, "Molekule Retracts
Most of Its Advertising Claims," New York
Times Wirecutter (June 10, 2020), www.
nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/molekule-
retracts-most-of-its-advertising-claims.
Julie Tudor is an LMT and manual and
movement therapist in New York City who
incorporates the principles of Feldenkrais,
dermoneuromodulation, neurodynamics,
and long-form improvisation with the
foundations of cognitive behavioral
therapy and acceptance and commitment
therapy in her work. She also is co-founder
of the Facebook group Massage, Health
Practitioners, and COVID-19, which promotes
ethics- and evidence-based practice.
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