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by _bxg1 2234 days ago
Pretty sure any impact from that would be a very long-term thing. A lifetime without particulates might have an effect; a month seems pretty far-fetched.
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"In 2004, the American Heart Association issued a scientific statement concluding that exposure to air pollution contributes to cardiovascular illness and mortality. A 2010 update elaborated on those risks.

Short-term exposure can increase the risk of heart attack, stroke, arrhythmias and heart failure in susceptible people, such as the elderly or those with pre-existing medical conditions, according to the statement."

https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/consumer-healthcare/w...

Why do you think that the effect is only long term exposure?
Seems like a pretty subtle and non-acute thing. Maybe even analogous to smoking: something that gradually erodes your health, not something that suddenly kills you.
https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/tobacco-and-canc...

Risks are generally thought to be immediate, but very low.

I would tend to think there is both long term damage and chance of increased immediate death due to things like asthma and heart attack triggered by polluted air.