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Listen: The Air-Conditioning Question

Is indoor air safe? And do I even want to know what a toilet plume is?
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In this episode of the podcast Social Distance, executive producer Katherine Wells and staff writer James Hamblin discuss the viral-transmission risks of indoor air and the best way to mitigate them.

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What follows is an edited and condensed transcript of their conversation.

Katherine Wells: This question comes from one of our colleagues, Peter Nicholas, who’s our White House reporter. Dear Dr. Hamblin, as an Atlantic reporter covering the White House, I’ll soon be traveling to cover things like Trump rallies. Am

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