Wouldn’t it be easier and more soothing to scream instead of undergoing an unpleasant nasal swab to test for COVID-19? Dutch inventor Peter van Wees thinks so. He has developed an airlocked cabin where participants step inside and are instructed to scream or sing. An industrial air purifier collects all the particles emitted, which are then analyzed for the coronavirus. The process takes about three minutes.
“If you have coronavirus and are infectious and yelling and screaming you are spreading tens of thousands of particles which contain coronavirus,” Van Wees said.
Van Wees, a serial entrepreneur, set up his booth next to a coronavirus testing center on the outskirts of Amsterdam to try his invention out on people who have just been tested. He thinks the machine would be a useful screening tool at public events and places.
SOURCE: Reuters March 4, 2021