There are few worse spots to be during a historic pandemic than a bustling workplace. They're rife with shared door handles, shared bathrooms, shared fridges, shared desks, shared elevators, shared coffee, shared scissors, and inevitably, shared microbes.
Unfortunately for humanity, the new coronavirus, an especially devious microbe, leaped from animals to people some five months ago. Now it's everywhere. You know the rest of the storyOver 46,000 Americans are already dead (as of April 23).
With an effective vaccine at best a year to 18 months away, no proven medical treatments, and looming questions about how long immunity will last, there's little question the virus will spread and sicken people once we start congregating again, especially at work. This parasite feasts on gathered humans. Read more...
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