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366: Just Science Day (w/ Deboki Chakravarti!)

Dear Hank & John

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The Effects of Fresh Air on Heart Rate

Henga Daboki: When I'm sick and my mom tells me to go for a walk and get some fresh air, does this do anything or is it just a saying that comes from when we knew a lot less about illness? John has mentioned TB spreading out to the American West when doctors sent people there for fresh air, but that obviously didn't cure it. Is there some real science to fresh air as a cure? Not just something you say,. Ray, I'm going to venture a guess that it can't hurt. Yeah. There's like a wild amount of science about this actually like building ventilation.

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