Claim: Some steam radiators built in older apartment buildings in cities like New York were designed to keep dwellings warm with windows open due to the 1918 pandemic.
Fact-check: Were Old Apartment Radiators Designed To Prevent Spread of the 1918 Pandemic?
Verdict: true
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Bethania Palma
Date published: 2020-12-09T14:27:23