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We’ve declared war on poverty, cancer, and even inflation, so why not coronaviruses? Unfortunately, it’s not that simple.
Richard Gunderman, MD, PhD, Chancellor’s Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Medical Education, Philosophy, Liberal Arts, Philanthropy, and Medical Humanities and Health Studies at Indiana University, is the author of Contagion: Plagues, Pandemics and Cures from the Black Death to Covid-19 and Beyond.