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A closer look: Additional study of relationship between indoor radon exposure and the Covid-19 case fatality rate
- Source :
- MATEC Web of Conferences, Vol 396, p 18001 (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- EDP Sciences, 2024.
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Abstract
- In September 2022, the author of this text asked the scientific community an astonishing question: is there a connection between the Covid-19 case fatality rate and the radon exposure in interior spaces? And – if so – is it a correlation? Is it just a coincidence or even a causality? Radon exposure is particularly high in regions that have seen high mortality rates related to SARS-CoV-2. It was demonstrated that there is at least a correlation. This statement based on a comparison of four states of Germany. Of course, such a comparison is rather vague due to various geological situations. It is relatively rough, as the measures against the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 have been different from one state in Germany to another. Due to that, this paper takes a closer look to that phenomenon. It focuses on three districts in northern Bavaria: Ansbach, Bad Kissingen and Wunsiedel. The last one is situated close to Thuringia as well as the Czech Republic. It was declared as radon preservation area – the only one in Bavaria – and is rather affected by radon. Bad Kissingen represents a region with a medium average indoor radon activity concentration. It is located at the north at the border to Hesse. Ansbach is characterized of a lower risk to get affected by radon. It is in the vicinity to Baden Wuerttemberg in the west. Even this second comparison cannot provide a definitive answer to the questions named above. Nevertheless, this article will push that topic a little forward and by that support the answer to a possible relationship between indoor radon activity concentration and the Covid-19 case fatality rate. Possibly it puts little more focus more on radon protection than it happened during the pandemic years.
- Subjects :
- Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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- Language :
- English, French
- ISSN :
- 2261236X
- Volume :
- 396
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- MATEC Web of Conferences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.956d18ca295c41b5a7189980b75859d7
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/202439618001