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Electric fans: A potential stay-at-home cooling strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic this summer?

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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 747, Issue -, Pages -

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ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141180

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Fan-use; Cooling centers; Heat balance; Convection; Evaporation; Physical distancing

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Current public health guidance designed to protect individuals against extreme heat and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is seemingly discordant, yet during the northern hemisphere summer, we are faced with the imminent threat of their simultaneous existence. Here we examine the environmental limits of electric fan-use in the context of the United States summer as a potential stay-at-home cooling strategy that aligns with existing efforts to mitigate the spread of SARS-COV-2. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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