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There's no one place a virus goes to die - but that doesn't make its demise any less a public health victory. Throughout human history, viral diseases have had their way with us, and for just as long, we have hunted them down and done our best to wipe them out.

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Jeffrey Kluger
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: May 21
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