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What the US can learn from other countries on COVID-19 – and its own history with pandemics

  • Written by Angela Clendinin, Instructional Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Texas A&M University
Social distancing is one of the key ways to keep the coronavirus from spreading. Getty Images / Maddie Meyer

Amid harsh isolation efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19, it’s only natural to ask how a microscopic agent can kill thousands of people, topple economies and disrupt life for hundreds of millions of people.

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