Questioning Spatial Inclusivity during Pandemics: The Increased Prevalence of Sick Building Syndrome during COVID-19 Lockdown

Abstract

Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) is more prevalent in the modern age due to the increased amount of time an individual faces indoors and the lack of outdoor activities in the day-to-day lifestyle. SBS has many potential health risks, from being the physical ones such as cancer, diabetes, lethargy, fatigue; towards the mental ones such as increased symptoms of anxiety, depression, and loneliness; towards the social ones such as an individual having difficulties interacting with another individual(s). Furthermore, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic that has given rise to 'work-from-home' (WFH), employees feel worse than ever before because of the poor quality of their indoors. In this work, recommendations to solve this problem are being provided. (keywords: sick building syndrome (SBS), COVID-19, Work-from-home)