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Stopping the For-Profit Pandemic

Non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, and obesity account for over 40 million deaths per year, but these illnesses do not attract the same attention as COVID-19. That is not an accident.

WASHINGTON, DC – It has been less than two years since phrases like “flatten the curve,” “contact tracing,” “social distancing,” and many others related to the COVID-19 pandemic entered the lexicon and became part of everyday communication. People everywhere have learned more about epidemiology, virology, and immunology than they ever expected they would.

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