History of science Q: it seems like ventilation / air quality eventually became a somewhat taboo topic in public health. When did this happen and why?https://twitter.com/mdc_martinus/status/1371128425763762187 …
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Not a scientist here but maybe some gaslighting denying that stinky stale air can't be healthy. (Sorry for all the negatives).
I have the same hunch but the timeline is a little off. Hadn't germ theory mostly won by the late 1800s? And they certainly seemed to have better intuition wrt ventilation in 1918 compared with modern public health. So what else caused that knowledge to get lost?
Other interesting questions about the 1800s: what was the arc of the acceptence of germ theory? How quickly did scientists come to accept it? How quickly did the general population come to accept it?
I guess it's something that may be hard to tell from just the scientific record, might also need to look at health messaging in newspapers and from authorities. Hope a historian of public health sees this thread.
Dr. C. Chapin: basis for 'follow the anecdotal science' https://archive.org/details/sourcesmodesofin00chap/page/312/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater …, you can read the whole chapter, but the conclusion has been carried on for 100 years. epidemiologist should acknowledge they have learned a lot from aerosol scientists. Rebuild trust in science
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