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Can tear gas and pepper spray increase virus spread?

by AP Medical Writer
| June 8, 2020 11:27 AM

Police departments have used tear gas and pepper spray on protesters in recent weeks, raising concern that the chemical agents could increase the spread of the coronavirus.

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