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New York’s Panic-Room Boom By Bridget Read From installing electrified doorknobs to ballistics-grade walk-in closets, the city’s ultrarich are feeling ultra-paranoid.
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Curbed Editors, Curbed, 1 Jan. 2025
Regularly disinfecting commonly touched surfaces like doorknobs, faucet handles, and on/off light switches helps reduce viral transmission.7
Promote air circulation and ventilation: Ensuring good airflow in indoor spaces reduces the concentration of airborne viruses.
—Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 13 Jan. 2025
The virus spreads by coughing and sneezing, kissing and hugging, and contact with contaminated surfaces like doorknobs or keys.
—Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Keep high-touch surfaces like doorknobs and countertops clean, and wash clothes and sheets that may be contaminated at a high temperature to kill any lingering virus.
—Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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Curbed Editors, Curbed, 1 Jan. 2025
Regularly disinfecting commonly touched surfaces like doorknobs, faucet handles, and on/off light switches helps reduce viral transmission.7
Promote air circulation and ventilation: Ensuring good airflow in indoor spaces reduces the concentration of airborne viruses.
—Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 13 Jan. 2025
The virus spreads by coughing and sneezing, kissing and hugging, and contact with contaminated surfaces like doorknobs or keys.
—Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Keep high-touch surfaces like doorknobs and countertops clean, and wash clothes and sheets that may be contaminated at a high temperature to kill any lingering virus.
—Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Doorknob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorknob. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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doorknob
noun
door·knob
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: a knob that when turned releases a door latch
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