We use a dehumidifier at home for the same reason—improved indoor air quality
I am getting sick of being inside hospitals after dealing with my mother’s recent health complications. She was in a hospital room for two weeks after falling plus splitting his leg. The hospital had to perform a few surgeries because of the severity of the fracture plus the wound it created while in the fall. I wasn’t sure how long he was going to stay in the hospital at first because the healthcare workers couldn’t come to an agreement on what his long term should be given all of the variables. It was aggravating, however at least our home is roughly five minutes away from the hospital where he was staying. And despite it being towards the tail end of the pandemic-stage of the long term COVID crisis, I was still worried about the virus when he was put in the hospital. They told me about how they keep the rooms isolated with separate Heating plus A/C systems plus media air cleaners as well. This modern hospital was finished while in the pandemic plus a lot of the last minute changes to the designs were done in response to the pandemic itself. They also use dehumidifiers to keep the moisture levels to such a low level that it prevents the spread of germs like bacteria, viruses, plus fungal spores. With all of these mitigation efforts in these isolated indoor temperature control systems, it results in amazingly wash air quality throughout the whole hospital. We use a dehumidifier at home for the same reason—improved indoor air quality. Sure, it costs more money on our electricity bill to run a dehumidifier, however I’m happy with the improvements it makes to our air quality plus our flu symptoms as well.