{"id":5111,"date":"2021-02-19T10:00:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T09:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.breeze-technologies.de\/?p=5111"},"modified":"2021-09-13T19:03:03","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T17:03:03","slug":"updated-link-between-covid-19-mortality-and-air-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.breeze-technologies.de\/de\/blog\/updated-link-between-covid-19-mortality-and-air-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED: The link between COVID-19 mortality and air pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in May, Breeze Technologies <\/span>published an article<\/span> outlining the preliminary findings linking higher COVID-19 mortality and air pollution<\/a>. In this article we highlighted the limitations of the then-current research, as correlation does not necessarily equate to causation. It\u2019s been more than half a year since. Read on to find out if things have changed.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Confirmed results of research<\/h2>\n

To reiterate from our <\/span>last article<\/span><\/a>, it is theorized that chronic respiratory stress resulting from long-term exposure to poor air quality <\/span>affects<\/span><\/a> the body\u2019s ability to fend off respiratory infections. This is due to <\/span>pollutants<\/span><\/a> such as particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen dioxide (NO<\/span>2<\/span><\/sub>) <\/span>inflaming and damaging<\/span><\/a> lung lining over time.<\/span> Previous research<\/span> found that SARS patients from moderately polluted areas in China had an 84% increased risk of dying<\/a> compared to those from regions with low air pollution, while patients from highly polluted areas were twice as likely to die. <\/span>This has led to studies investigating whether there is a link between COVID-19 cases and air pollution with the spread of the virus across the globe. The following discoveries we covered in May have since been published in scientific journals:<\/span><\/p>\n