Human nature dictates response - Fredericksburg Standard

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Tom Purcell, on December 30, 2020

Human nature dictates response

The way my siblings and I responded to my family’s chicken-pox outbreak in 1973 may shed light on Americans’ responses to COVID-19 in 2020. I was about 10 and remember how differently my five sisters responded to that highly contagious bug. To prevent its spread, our family doctor ordered us to

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