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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words
ID: #36404
Medium
Ventilation
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Contrary to popular wisdom, a new study finds that if you want to avoid getting sick you should open a window. At least if you don’t want to catch TB in a hospital in Lima, Peru, Researchers from the Imperial College London were looking for ways to limit the spread of tuberculosis in the Peruvian situation. One major site of transmission is apparently the hospital waiting room, where infected individuals come to be treated. In close quarters, one person with TB can infect many others, by sneezing, coughing, even speaking. To curb the contagion, the researchers prescribed ventilation. And the best ventilation, they find, is the simplest—opening the doors and windows. Such natural ventilation really keeps things moving.
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