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The 1918 Flu Faded in Our Collective Memory: We Might ‘Forget’ the Coronavirus, Too
Scientific American
8-13-2020





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2021, American Mathematical Society website and blog
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2021, Notices of the American Mathematical Society
2020-2021, Symmetry
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2020, Scientific American
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2019-2020, The Ampersand – Washington University in St. Louis
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2019, The Source – Washington University in St. Louis