The public health lessons of Covid can help protect against the Canadian wildfire smoke

How the public health lessons of Covid can help Americans protect themselves from wildfire smoke Here are just a few ways in which the public health lessons of Covid may now help people to minimize health risks from air pollution. J. Emory Parker STAT

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The primary health concern from wildfire smoke comes from the amount of very fine particulates in the air, smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter. The measure of this is commonly abbreviated as PM2.5.

Many of the strategies for protection against these motes turn out to be similar to the strategies people around the world implemented to protect themselves from viral particles during the height of Covid-19. Respirators and air cleaners, for example, offer significant protection against the onslaught of smoke particulates.

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