Will Covid-19 change cities?

Question 1

airborne

Answer 1

carried and spread in the air.

Take tuberculosis. Unlike cholera, which was eliminated in London by re-designing the sewage system in the 1850s, TB was airborne.
It became a real problem with the rise of the industrial cities, the metropolis, before an antibiotic was effective.

Some diseases, like cholera, could be prevented by redesigning cities to improve hygiene, like the waste water sewers in 19th century London. But the problem with tuberculosis, or TB for short, was that the disease is airborne – carried and spread in the air.

Question 2

metropolis

Answer 2

largest, busiest and most important city in a country or region.

Take tuberculosis. Unlike cholera, which was eliminated in London by re-designing the sewage system in the 1850s, TB was airborne. It became a real problem with the rise of the industrial cities, the metropolis, before an antibiotic was effective. It became a real problem with the rise of the industrial cities, the metropolis, before an antibiotic was effective.

Question 3

antibiotics

Answer 3

chemical or medicine, like penicillin, that can destroy harmful bacteria or stop their growth.

Take tuberculosis. Unlike cholera, which was eliminated in London by re-designing the sewage system in the 1850s, TB was airborne. It became a real problem with the rise of the industrial cities, the metropolis, before an antibiotic was effective.
One in seven people on the planet had TB, but in dense cities like Paris, it was one in three. Closely packed tenements meant the disease spread like wildfire and architects and planning experts responded.

Question 4

spread like wildlife

Answer 4

(idiom) spread quickly around many people.

One in seven people on the planet had TB, but in dense cities like Paris, it was one in three. Closely packed tenements meant the disease spread like wildfire and architects and planning experts responded.

Question 5

commute

Answer 5

distance you travel on your journey between your home and your place of work.

When you shift them out, you’re moving them away from their livelihoods and they’re not going to be able to sustain themselves there so they will be coming back because their jobs are in the city and they cannot afford the commute from further off places.

Question 6

livelihood

Answer 6

job or other way of earning money to pay for what you need to live.

When you shift them out, you’re moving them away from their livelihoods and they’re not going to be able to sustain themselves there so they will be coming back because their jobs are in the city and they cannot afford the commute from further off places.

In Mumbai and other places, the problem remains that many people need the city for their livelihood
So they prefer to live in the city centre instead of paying for the daily commute