What would Florence Nightingale prescribe to fight Covid? Fresh air | Marie Allitt

The epidemics of the 1800s left Britain with healthier, better-ventilated public spaces. After Covid, we'll need more of them

Over the last year, the pandemic has transformed how we think of the spaces around us. Common activities such as going to the supermarket or inviting friends into our homes pose new risks to our health. As we learn to live with the threat of Covid-19, we'll also need to make changes to our spatial environments. But we can breathe a sigh of relief: it's not the first time societies have had to transform their environments after a public health crisis.

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