Robert Fantinatto
@rfantinatto.bsky.social
Filmmaker, synth nerd, failed scientist. Making PC-fan based air purifiers to mitigate airborne viruses. https://www.northboxsystems.ca
A severe bout of COVID-19 can wake up an army of dormant viruses hiding inside the body go.nature.com/4fDUY9w
COVID can wake up a slew of dormant viruses inside you
Reactivation of typically harmless anelloviruses, in particular, seems to be linked with developing long COVID, study finds.
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Conclusions to draw from this paper: 1. We need more clean air experts in care homes (and schools, etc.) 2. Air cleaners need to be tamper and pee-resistant. 3. Air cleaners need to be alarmed (re: abuse, power off, maintenance) 4. Air cleaners need to be quiet. 5. Super-size them!
Linsey Marr@linseymarr.bsky.social · 3d agoNew JAMA paper describes an RCT with portable air filters in nursing homes in the UK. Filters were undersized and not always on. Guess what...there was no difference in wintertime respiratory infections. It's like testing a new drug at 20% of the recommended dose. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/can...
Fantastic win for the City of Toronto thanks in part to the hard work of advocates like Clean Indoor Air Toronto: #CleanIndoorAirToronto #ASHRAE #OSPE ospe.on.ca/advocacy/a-m...
A Major Win for Indoor Air Quality: Toronto's Board of Health Moves to Adopt Stronger Ventilation Standards
The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers celebrates a major win for indoor air quality with stronger ventilation standards in Toronto.
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A peek inside North Box Systems World Headquarters...OK, it's the top floor of an apartment but we make it work! #airpurifier #indoorairquality #CovidIsAirborne #wildfiresmoke #smallmanufacturing
The goal isn’t to replace the work of humans. It’s to make a case for its devaluation.
After a brief reprieve, air quality is back to being bad here in Toronto. Source: IQAir -- www.iqair.com/ca/air-quali...
A little experiment this morning in Toronto, seeing the impact that air cleaners can have on wildfire smoke indoors -- windows open vs. closed. The IKEA air quality sensor shows a low value of PM 2.5 indoors. This is one of my air cleaners, a "cheese wedge" version attached to a vertical fan.
To be Canadian is to care for your neighbours, welcome others, protect democracy & know kindness is strength🍁 This beautiful drone show reminds us our flag represents unity, freedom & hope! As Canada burns, Canadians stand together! That’s the Canadian spirit🍁 #SheShed #ViVaHerAlliance
Why are we still making air purifiers targeting Coronavirus? There is no downside to cleaner air but the suggestion that Covid is over is just not supported by the facts: #CovidisAirborne #LongCovid #IndoorAirQuality x.com/keetmuise/st...
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We want to be proven wrong, but until public health does their job we are all in deep trouble. Here is the link to 488,000 publications on the dangers of Covid. https://t.co/ZzkR7exPWR
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"If we wait until we can viscerally feel the dangers of superintelligence before we ban or regulate it, it will most likely be too late."
This chart shows the precipitable water column globally. That translates to the amount of water being held in the atmosphere. Right now we are at the highest level ever recorded. That means, when combined with the incoming super el Nino, the resulting storms will be catastrophic. You are warned.
Tomorrow March 15 is #LongCOVIDAwarenessDay Across Canada, events are being held in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto & Montreal to amplify the voices of people living with #LongCOVID. See the list of events organized by @cancovsoc.bsky.social: covidsociety.ca/priorities/long-covid/events-lcad-2026/ 🧵1/2
Our most affordable, portable air purifier kit is now available from Donate A Mask Canada! #indoorairquality #airpurifier #CovidIsAirborne
Donate A Mask Canada@donatemask.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe North Box Guardian Air Purifier Kits are now available in our store!🎉 ✔️ Portable with built-in handle ✔️ Compact design ✔️ Powerful multi-fan airflow ✔️ Replaceable filters Cleaner air at home, work, for hospital stays, or while travelling. buymask.ca/products/north-box-guardian-air-purifier-kit
The North Box Guardian Air Purifier Kits are now available in our store!🎉 ✔️ Portable with built-in handle ✔️ Compact design ✔️ Powerful multi-fan airflow ✔️ Replaceable filters Cleaner air at home, work, for hospital stays, or while travelling. buymask.ca/products/north-box-guardian-air-purifier-kit
Extensive review of our 5X air purifier that highlights some of our main objectives: repairability and the use of off-the-shelf parts that can easily be swapped with other brands. #Covidisairborne #cleantheair #airpurifier www.geekextreme.com/northbox-5x-...
NorthBox 5X Classic Review: Stop Paying For Expensive Air Filters
Ditch expensive brand-locked HEPA filters right now. This in-depth NorthBox 5X Classic review proves why modular PC fans and MERV13 filters slash your costs.
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From a small 4-fan portable to a full size aluminum bodied, 6-fan, multi-speed powerhouse, we have kits for every budget! #cleantheair #airpurifier #CovidIsAirborne
Got this email from "Ralph, BC" describing a great way to automate operation of our Polaris Ultra air purifier: Very satisfying to see how other people are making use of them for more than Covid risk mitigation.
~ 500,000 journal articles later, there’s about a half a million reasons to adapt to living with COVID by implementing logical and evidence-based protections against this novel virus, and there… 1/4
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
Worried about #viruses? 🦠 Want to protect yourself? 😷 Don’t miss Donate A Mask’s Black Friday sale, starting tomorrow! ⏰ buymask.ca #BlackFriday #StaySafe #StillCoviding #MaskUp
It's not amnesia. It's reality avoidance and, in many cases, willful ignorance
Nature@nature.com · 9mo ago“I think there’s a collective amnesia right now about COVID-19” SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month, and limited surveillance is hampering health strategies go.nature.com/3Lspwi0
Our MINI-SC is entirely built by hand and takes quite a while to make but it's just so much fun to put together! #airpurifier #indoorairquality #covidisairborne
Checking out some nifty digital timers to add automation control to an air purifier. Up to 15Amps so you can have multiple units controlled. Great for classrooms where you can just hit the 8-hour button and you are good! #indoorairquality #covidisnotover
There’s a historic indoor clean air high level event at the UN today. @drbronking.bsky.social is of course leading by example wearing a high quality mask while chairing the meeting 👏👏👏
Whole bunch of different stuff on the bench today, including some prototypes we are working on! #IndoorAirQuality #COVIDisAirborne #airpurifier
