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Dear NY Post, Bacteria and Viruses are Two (Very) Different Things
As a microbiologist, I have a pet peeve; when the words bacteria and virus are used interchangeably. It is not an infrequent mistake to see. And, a story this week in the New York Post is no exception.
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