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How Disease Detectives Help Us Beat COVID-19 By Tracking Superspreaders

By Dr. Michelle Epstein
(c) Sophie Spiegelberger

The crucial role of public health and contact tracing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The crucial role of public health and contact tracing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Dr. Michelle Epstein
Michelle Epstein is a medical doctor graduated from the University of Alberta in Canada, who has specialised in Internal Medicine at the University of British Columbia and Allergy and Clinical Immunology at Yale University. Since 2004, she has been a Lab Leader at the Medical University of Vienna’s Division of Immunology.
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