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Social distancing works – just ask lobsters, ants and vampire bats

  • Written by: Dana Hawley, Professor of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech
Caribbean spiny lobsters normally live in groups, but healthy lobsters avoid members of their own species if they are infected with a deadly virus. Humberto Ramirez/Getty Images

Social distancing to combat COVID-19 is profoundly impacting society, leaving many people wondering whether it will actually work. As disease ecologists, we know that...

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