IMPROVING indoor ventilation by doing something as simple as opening doors and windows, allowing fresh air to flow from one side of space to another is being recommended by Victorian health advisors in the continued attempts to avoid spreading germs such as Covid.
It is refreshing to see this message finally being shared by state health advisors.
However, I want to remind everyone that we do not need to wait for instructions about how to look after ourselves.
Logic and good old fashioned common sense, which we all did have before Covid started, needs to be used more often.
We can take it upon ourselves to think and say, maybe I should wash my hands with soap more often, or open a window, or stay home if unwell.
We don’t need to wait for people to tell us what we should already know and be doing – just do it!
There is a real suffocating feeling about walking into an office, a building, a classroom, a shop and then the door closing behind you.
There you are stuck in the room with no fresh air.
In some instances, there may be some recycled air-filtration system in place, but it is not the same result, it just feels stuffy and unpleasant.
While we are concerning ourselves with whether to mask our faces, reducing our oxy- gen intake, why not just do something as simple as open the doors and windows?
The office I work in has started to do this, and sometimes on days when we do not want to leave them open all the time, we make sure to open them up each half hour and leave them open for at least 15 minutes.
The whole environment changes when fresh air is introduced into a room, it honestly does.
Productivity is higher, people’s moods are lifted, and it is better for our physical health too.
I had a client thank me, telling me that she felt safer because our window was open.
This response from my client, and the recent message from health officials has prompted me to write this letter to The Bunyip, so the message can be shared with the local community.
So spread the word everyone, and let the fresh air in. Have a great day
Kerri Walsh, Gawler
