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The only way to beat Covid is for wealthy countries to stump up for poorer ones

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At the root of every pandemic is an encounter between a disease-causing microorganism and a human being … It is a social phenomenon as much as it is a biological one,” writes Laura Spinney in her book Pale Rider,

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