Looks like that church is backpedalling faster than Trump on a bad day.
The videos with the claim about the air purification system have since been removed from the church’s social media accounts.
Tim Bender, the CEO & co-founder of IONaer, which makes the air purification systems, stressed that they had only been tested on “surrogates,” which are viruses similar to the coronavirus.
IONaer’s CleanAir EXP published Tuesday the results of the third-party testing of its system that used “airborne coronavirus test surrogates,” which are viruses similar but not identical to the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. The study found that it was able to eliminate 99.9 percent of the coronavirus surrogates in air that passed through its system.
Bender also clarified that the system is ineffective if people come into close contact with one another.
“There is nothing we can do with someone who coughs or sneezes,” Bender said. “The words we try to use is we add an additional layer of protection from passing viruses and bacteria through the area inside buildings. It’s just an additional layer of protection. If you’re taking the particulates out, you’re taking away the magic carpet that they’re traveling on.”