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break stopped t count on sucune alyles invite epidemics. Air travel makes it possible to spread infectious agents across t inNe medical autiesincreasingly need to be acquainted ty muc exists every. In 1990, a Nigerian living in Co Lassa fever on avisit to didn’t develop symptoms until urned to ted States.
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And on t sobering note, it’s time to return to the visibly living.