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Wouldn’t central air without HEPA filtration be an issue in a hotel setting? I don’t think it’s easy to retrofit (it can be done but not quick and cheap).

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Most hotels don't have central air per say, at least in the room. Each room has one of those standalone units usually near the window.

I can't find the clip right now but in one of NY Gov Cuomo's briefings they had an guy from (I think from the Engineers Corps) talk about this.

This one https://twitter.com/USArmy/status/1241185656094801923

Can this dude just be the spokesperson for everything during this pandemic? Clear, concise, no bullshit straight to the point. Here is the issue, here is the plan, here is what we're doing.

That makes sense. If you have the army corps of engineers on your side then yeah, those obstacles are overcome.

They're called packaged terminal air conditioners:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packaged_terminal_air_conditio...

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