[numpad0]

One one hand infection experts say humidity protects you, on the other hand they say most types of humidifiers are disease incubators. On top of it it’s a fact that humidifier additives effectively are chemical weapons that works on humans at lower concentrations than it works for pathogens.

We’re sort of in a bind — so how are we supposed to have safe air? 6-hourly bleached, heater based humidifiers running off the tap?

[adrianN]

Heat your homes a little less. There is a big humidity difference between an 18° room and a 24° room.

[Dylan16807]

Install a reverse osmosis system under your sink, and use that to fill the humidifier.

Nothing's going to incubate in that.

[MrGilbert]

I was sick quite often in the past - what helped me was

a) tuning down the room temperatures to ~21°C in winter

b) drink a lot of water

The last time I got really, really sick was in 2017.