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How policymakers should use the wealth of COVID-19 data

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Hand washing and social distancing aim to reduce the average number of new infections. Image: REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana

Rees Kassen
Professor of Evolutionary Biology, University of Ottawa
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