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Science Says: How risky is that virus? Your mind may mislead

by Science Writer
| March 5, 2020 12:05 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Anna Alexander, a property manager in Virginia Beach, Virginia, started the day Monday thinking that she might avoid shaking hands because of the coronavirus outbreak. Then somebody stuck out a hand to shake.

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