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US workplaces are nowhere near ready to contain a coronavirus outbreak

  • Written by Karen Scott, PhD Student in Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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The new coronavirus has spread rapidly around the globe since its discovery late last year in China. It has now infected more than 20,000 people worldwide and killed over 400, prompting travel bans, citywide quarantines and mass hysteria.

To combat its spread in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and...

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