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How to Use Stats to Prepare for Next Pandemic

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Researchers have found cultural and demographic factors can help predict how COVID-19 and future outbreaks could progress. The authors said their techniques potentially could be used to figure out how an infectious disease will move beyond hot spots to regions that are not yet affected. ...

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