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OPINION: Global warming aggravates the spread of infectious diseases | Opinion | abqjournal.com
By Charles Goodmacher and Samantha Kao

In early 2020, the first U.S. deaths were reported from an unknown virus. Shortly after, life in the United States and across the globe was in turmoil from the “novel coronavirus” COVID-19.

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