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Coronavirus control measures aren't pointless – just slowing down the pandemic could save millions of lives

  • Written by Matthew McQueen, Director, Public Health Program and Associate Professor of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado Boulder
Coronavirus control measures aren't pointless – just slowing down the pandemic could save millions of livesThe point is to make sure hospitals have space for those who get sick.Ariel Skelley/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Anywhere from 20% to 60% of the adults around the world may be infected with the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease COVID-19. That’s the estimate from leading epidemiological experts on communicable...

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