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Mexico City buried its rivers to prevent disease and unwittingly created a dry, polluted city where COVID-19 now thrives

By Elena Delavega Mexico City is a dust bowl, a polluted megalopolis where breathing is hard and newly washed clothes hung out to dry turn stiff by evening. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic began clobbering this capital city, residents regularly wore face masks during the frequent air quality emergencies there. Now Mexico City’s b…

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