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How viruses, including the coronavirus, make you sick

Learn how the viruses that cause colds, flu and COVID-19 hijack healthy cells to replicate inside the body and spread throughout the community, in this infographic by Manuel Bortoletti.
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September 23, 2021
By Sandy Cohen
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