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FOR KIDS: Airports that speed germs’ spread
Scientists identify which U.S airports are able to spread disease most effectively
Web edition: August 20, 2012
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A computer simulation of a disease outbreak shows that airports like those in New York City and Los Angeles would help spread germs.
Christos Nicolaides/MIT
Imagine if you were an infectious disease, like the flu or chicken pox. To keep yourself alive, you’d want to infect as many people in as many places as possible. And inside those people, you’d want to grow, divide and multiply. To accomplish all of this, you would need a plan.
Now, you’ve got one: Start at an airport in New York City or Los Angeles.
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R. Ehrenberg. Top airports for spreading germs ID’d. Science News Online, July 27, 2012. [Go to]
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