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‘We Know A Lot More Now’

Nearly two years after the emergence of a pandemic that disrupted life on Earth, Andrew Read, director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, reflects on what scientists have learned from COVID-19, what the world can expect going forward, and what we should not repeat.

 

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By Savita Iyer
Illustrations by Stuart BradfordSeptember / October 2021

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