They create the Aireamos.org group of researchers to combat the contagion of covid by aerosol

Twelve teams of researchers from all over Spain have joined the Aireamos.org group to combat the spread of Covid by aerosols through their experiences of natural measurements in classrooms, transportation or shops. Its public presentation took place yesterday at a digital meeting organized by the Ibercaja Foundation where Zaragoza professor José Luis Jiménez, from the University of Colorado (United States), an expert in this matter, gave a talk.

We are a group of non-profit researchers with no political interest," proclaimed José Luis Jiménez, who stressed the need to measure the quality of CO2 in the air to "stop the pandemic through aerosols and apply ventilation to avoid contagions.

Professor José Luis Jiménez from Zaragoza, an expert in aerosols, fluid mechanics and contamination inside homes, has become a world-renowned specialist in terms of the forms of transmission of the covid-19 disease. Yesterday he pointed out that no country in the world has undertaken "something massive" about the effect that the air has had on the coronavirus and believes that Spain can be at the forefront with this experience of the pilot groups that met.

"Distances protect and we need to get the amount of aerosols as low as possible, like 700 parts per million," said the Zaragoza professor in a press conference coordinated by Jaime Armengol, from the Ibercaja Foundation.

The initiative of the twelve groups gathered 'online' in the creation of Aireamos.org aimed to adopt and disseminate formulas to minimize exposure to Covid contagion by aerosols. They sought to disseminate natural and behavioral measures, in systems analysis and scientific-technical endorsement for a rapid deployment of these measures.

There were three projects related to the cities of Zaragoza, Valencia and Valladolid that were presented in this initiative and members of the three city councils participated. Natalia Chueca, Councilor for Public Services of Zaragoza, explained that they are undertaking the collection of air quality data in public transport so that citizens know the need for their ventilation. Professor Javier Ballester, from the Laboratory of Fluiddynamics and Combustion Technologies, explained his experience in measuring aerosols in buses and trams for the Zaragoza City Council, as well as in collaboration with school classrooms.

Among the participants, Juan José Alba, professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Zaragoza, intervened to talk about the risk areas necessary to carry out these measurements in shops, hospitals or public means of transport. For his part, the Aragonese researcher Alberto J. Schumacker pointed out that it is necessary to advance from the experiences of the pilot groups to energize their results. The members of Covid Warriors stressed the need to lower the prices of aerosol meters to distribute them among schools.