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Experts focus on superspreaders to study virus transmission

Experts focus on ‘superspreaders’ to study virus transmission

07/05/2020

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Experts focus on superspreaders to study virus transmission

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Experts focus on ‘superspreaders’ to study virus transmission

As businesses reopen and cases across several states in the U.S. and across the world surge, experts worry that “superspreaders,” a small percentage of infected people are transmitting the virus to a much larger percent, could be fueling the pandemic. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Ben Lopman, an epidemiology professor at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health.

07/05/2020

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