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It's Okay to Be Smart
The Reason COVID-19 Is Our Perfect Enemy
Season 8
Episode 10
Invisible, mysterious, and deadly — SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 have spread around the world and caused much of humanity to hide away. Germs like these only succeed and spread because of our social evolution, and our social nature is why social and physical distancing is so deeply painful for us. But evolution has also given us the gifts we need to survive this difficult time. Here's how.
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