24 February

Sometimes different issues converge. For me, right now it’s coronavirus and domestic violence (DV). In the past infectious disease like TB was often treated in open-air sanitoria, see pic below. Researchers are now discovering that basic fresh air and sunshine are powerful weapons against infectious disease, because microbes are living things in ecosystems, and our sterile hospitals give the nasty bugs free rein. Often sunshine and fresh air was the only treatment needed. How is this related to DV? Humans when isolated into domestic spaces, aided by cars, become more virulent in their violence. Exactly the same as microbes. We are microbes.