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Coronavirus control measures aren't pointless – just slowing down the pandemic could save millions of lives

  • Written by Matthew McQueen, Director, Public Health Program and Associate Professor of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado Boulder
The point is to make sure hospitals have space for those who get sick.Ariel Skelley/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Anywhere from 20% to 60% of the adults around the world may be infected with the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease COVID-19. That’s the estimate from leading epidemiological experts on communicable...

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