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The West Atlantic Pandemic

May 06 2020
It has been well understood for some time now that COVID-19 and its ensuing global pandemic are unprecedented events in our contemporary world. Not since the Influenza Pandemic of 1918 has global life been so drastically altered so quickly due to a viral outbreak.In the century since 1918, count
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The Shared History of AIDS and COVID-19

Apr 27 2020
In the midst of the medical, economic, and psychological fight against COVID-19, it is prudent to examine past outbreaks of disease in order to gain a greater understanding of what may lie ahead.The most immediate parallels to the COVID-19 pandemic include other outbreaks of novel coronaviruses,
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