The Most Important Question

Clean Air Is An Inside Job


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Imagine you’re in a sci-fi movie. The one where everything’s on the line.

And while dinosaurs or aliens or a virus takes over down on the ground, you’re the scientist unexpectedly riding in the helicopter with the actual president, the scientist who’s run the calculations and asked the questions nobody else thought to ask, who’s uncovered the virus’s single weakness.

But nobody’s listening to you. Because it’s complicated when everything is on the line. But you know that what you know could save millions of lives. 

What do you do next?

That’s today’s big question, and my guest is Dr. Linsey Marr.

A renowned scientist and multidisciplinary engineer who pioneered research into a better understanding of the flu’s airborne status, and how humidity plays a role in the flu’s seasonality. She is among a very small group of scientists who truly understand the aerosol transmission of bacteria and viruses.

Three years later, we’re still wrestling with the implications of this virus and how we level the playing field by cleaning up our indoor air.

And nobody understands the challenges we face – and the opportunities in front of our faces, literally under and inside of our noses – like she does.

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