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    The Hidden Rules of Contagion

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    Explore how communicable diseases follow mathematical patterns that shape civilizations, from the trillions of microbes living inside you to the airline networks that create pandemic superhighways.

    The Hidden Rules of Contagion

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    We're fighting an enemy that's been here far longer than us and reproduces every 20 minutes while we reproduce every 25 years. That's a 40-million-to-1 generational advantage in evolutionary adaptation.

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