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Arijit Chakravarty

Arijit Chakravarty

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It's an encouraging thought. After all, there are many diseases that are endemic, & a school of thought from the 19th century says that emergent pathogens always become milder. Unfortunately, as we shall see, this idea (like many other ideas from the 19th century) is dated. (11/)