This deserves to be in whatever thread it's supposed to be in, but I wanted to respond to this.
Ever since I read
@napabill's comment, I've been dealing with pollen and people around me who react similarly to me, badly, and at the same time, wanted to know if he is correct. I did things to avoid exposure:
- Sleep more (general health)
- Avoid biodusty situations when I have a choice (stay away from blowers)
- Usual nose maintenance (keep it as clear as possible, use cotton rags, twice even used a powerful antihistamine for a few nights)
- Proper hydration (including, as I just learned last year, proper expungement of processed fluids; if you don't empty the output buffer(s), they fill, and the input buffers pause and no processing happens)
- Most interesting for this thread, I religiously used Bioweapon Defense Mode in my Model S to cut down pollen.
I compare my results to people around me, and I'm about one quarter as affected by the pollens as they are. This could be age, general health, the other things I did to protect myself. But one thing stands out: none of them have Teslas, and I feel fine after a long drive with bioweapon on, and as soon as I get out of my car, I start to get the pollen reactions. Granted, my pollen reactions are far muted, because they are cumulative and I avoid the problems as much as possible, but I think the car has helped significantly. It is by no means a cure all; I still have to manage my pollen intake and reactions. But, I think I'm way improved compared to what I would have been.
I have been wanting to put these filters in my home as well. I know such filters are made, but they seem expensive, however, ought to be worth it.