This is true.
For example, the Hillside Apartments was a steel framed construction and was damaged beyond repair after the quake. However, the building next it was wood frame construction and it survived with minor damages.
Another thing to know is that wood can withstand massive earthquakes. Wood construction has some tremendous advantages. Wood is strong,light,flexible and fast.
Hoped this helped! ^.^
Our eating habits can be directly linked with certain diseases. Eating foods high in sodium, sugar, cholesterol, and fat everyday for years on end will put you at much higher risk. Diseases such as Type 2 Diabetes, Heart attack, and stroke can all be linked with eating patterns.
Highest risk body fluid would be blood because it has high nutritional value and pathogen is multiplying on there. Most pathogen will be transmitted by blood.
Droplet from cough also highly contagious since it easily contacts with any part of the body. Inhalation also makes the infection easier since it contacts mucosa.
Vaginal secretion and seminal fluid can transmit many virus but it depends on how many virus in the blood.
Saliva is composed by water and enzyme so it's low risk on virus spread. But it's on the mouth(which wasn't sterile) so it can be contaminated by various things.
In normal condition urine and spinal fluid is sterile, but in a case of infection, it can be contaminated.
Sweat is mostly water and salt so it's safe.
