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cord-269704-ax306loy	Hospers, Lily	Electric fans: A potential stay-at-home cooling strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic this summer?	2020-07-25		.txt	text/plain	2806	132	51	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. The present analysis indicates that electric fan-use with light water-spraying potentially offers a feasible stay-at-home cooling strategy during heat extremes for large parts of the US historically experiencing hot-humid summer conditions. Importantly though, fan use during heat extremes in the home prevents people seeking cooling in public places among individuals whose virus status is less likely to be known than cohabitants, thus limiting personal risk of transmission and further spread in the community. The present model was created based around an elderly adult (+65 y), with a body mass of 70 kg, a height of 1.73 m, and a calculated body surface area (BSA) (30) of 1.83 m 2 , seated at rest, in light clothing, while wetting their skin either with or without the use of an electric fan in a variety of heatwave conditions.	./cache/cord-269704-ax306loy.txt	./txt/cord-269704-ax306loy.txt