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Can Architecture Ever Save Us from Sickness? (thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)
4 points by the-mitr 29 days ago
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100 years ago, we built apartment heaters so strong that they worked with the windows open, because we believed that fresh air would fight against the flu:

How Spanish Flu Pandemic Changed Home Heat Radiators: https://www.npr.org/2020/12/10/945136599/how-spanish-flu-pan...