Stranger Danger – How fear of migrants can worsen disease spread
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Stranger Danger – How fear of migrants can worsen disease spread

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Send a text When the so-called Spanish Influenza started spreading in 1918, people locked themselves in their homes or even into small towns and tried to ride it out. It seemed to make sense – travelers could bring the virus with them, so wouldn’t keeping them out keep the deadly germ out, too? It did not work, of course. No one could stay isolated for years on end while the virus and its descendants made its way through the population. People are still getting infected today by a distant des...

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