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This month de Soto became the second recipient of the Washington-based Cato Institute's $500,000 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty. "Hernando sees strong entrepreneurs among the poor who make do in such horrible circumstances," says Cato's president, Edward Crane. "This is going to grow." And so, it's hoped, will the fortunes of those underground. --By Tim Padgett
...This may indicate a need for more general application of aggressive air sanitation measures (e.g., upper room germicidal ultraviolet irradiation) in areas where patient care is provided and in the public areas of hospitals,” Milton and Roy wrote...
...Milton noted that, aside from hospitals, areas where airborne transmission is of particular concern include airplanes and schools, environments where air is often recycled...
...Milton said that because airborne transmission is so difficult to prove, he does not expect all scientists to adopt his ideas immediately...
...Scientists quite justifiably tend not to believe things they can’t measure,” said Milton. “I’m not saying that one cannot measure airborne infectious agents now and in the future—the problem is that it is very hard and in the past was nearly impossible. New technology makes it increasingly feasible—so now is a fruitful time to do the research...