For some reason, I didn’t understand that those old paper HVAC air filters are not filtering the air for us.
I am in better health than I was a year ago. That’s saying something given the fact that I spent the better part of the past year stuck inside the air conditioning of my home. Like many others, I had to follow all the Covid protocols very closely as my health and age put me at a much greater risk. Perhaps that was the motivation to get healthier and more fit. Or maybe it was just the fact that life slowed down a bit. It started with me simply getting out of the heating and cooling comfort of my house for walks. This turned into more and varied exercises. Before I knew it, we had turned the guest room into a home office and home gym hybrid. My wife was thrilled. Then I learned a bit more about how the HVAC in my home could help me be even healthier. And it wasn’t going to take much effort or cost me a ton of money either. Once I learned about the connection between HVAC and air quality, I made the change. All it took was replacing the HVAC air filter. Instead of the cheap air filters I had purchased for decades, I went with a HEPA filter. For some reason, I didn’t understand that those old paper HVAC air filters are not filtering the air for us. No, those air filters exist for the health and wellbeing of the HVAC equipment. The HEPA filter looks after us by trapping and removing over 99 percent of all airborne contaminants. That means a lot less strain on our immune response since our respiratory system isn’t always under attack.