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Matthew McQueen

Matthew McQueen

Matthew McQueen is the director of the public health program and and an Associate Professor of Integrative Physiology at the University of Colorado Boulder.

COMMENTARY

Coronavirus control measures aren’t pointless – just slowing down the pandemic could save millions of lives

By: - March 16, 2020

Anywhere from 20% to 60% of the adults around the world may be infected with the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease COVID-19. That’s the estimate from leading epidemiological experts on communicable disease dynamics. Even the best-case scenario using those numbers means nearly 40,000,000 adults will be infected in the United States […]