Vaccinate, ventilate and breathe
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How to Reduce Transmission of Infections in Buildings
Florence nightingale knew what she was doing. She recognized that there was a correlation between disease transmission and the environment that the soldiers were in. But then, of course, over the years, building design has changed. And so we often now have mechanically ventilate buildings, some of which are very good. But then we also have buildings which do not provide sufficient ventilation for people. We did some work several years ago looking at nightingale wards and the difference between having the windows open and the windows closed. It saw an increase of about four times when we shut the windows compared to when we had the windows open.
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