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For people whose jobs require them to be outside, they have to be ready for whatever the weather brings.
Temperatures are running about 15 degrees below average, and it’s not even officially winter yet. The temperatures seen on Monday across the five boroughs are more common in January than December.
Dr. Laura Santos, the medical director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone, says it’s important to layer up properly.
“If you could do three layers like a thin moisture wicking layer and then maybe like a wool layer and then a windproof or a waterproof outer layer is really the best and making sure that your head, your hands and your ears and your feet are all well covered because these are the areas that lose heat the fastest,” she said.
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