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What's lost when we're too afraid to touch the world around us?

  • Written by Chunjie Zhang, Associate Professor of German, University of California, Davis
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During one of my daily walks with my toddler, when we passed his favorite playground, I noticed a new sign warning that the coronavirus survives on all kinds of surfaces and that we should no longer use the playground. Since then, I’ve taken great pains to prevent him from touching...

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