1 Most health authorities consider droplet transmission to be important with influenza. If this is true, then height and high heels should give some protection.
Myths
1 I have been monitoring how reliable my websites are with a free subscription to Pingdom. They send me an email each time the site is not available and another when it is up again. Presently, its averaging a little over 99% – somewhat less than the “official” figure of 99.7%
Website Uptime with Pingdom
A recent paper MacIntyre, C. R., S. Cauchemez, et al. (2009). “Face Mask Use and Control of Respiratory Virus Transmission in Households.” Emerging Infectious Diseases 15(2): 233-241. is available from the CDC as free download Unfortunately, despite the warning
Surgical masks vs P2 (N95) respirators #2
It appears that the Australian Government is about to offer free ceiling insulation to thousands of homes. That fine when you want to keep the cool in with air conditioning or the warmth in with heating. However,
Another insulation myth
I have seen industrial ventilation systems in many factories that are designed to remove “heavier-than-air” vapours from the ground. Unfortnately the factory owner has often wasted many thousands of dollars