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This article shares 6 reasons for optimism about COVID-19

The Washington Post published an article that has six reasons for optimism right now

Herb Scribner By Herb Scribner @HerbScribner
   
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In this handout photo released by the University of Oxford samples from coronavirus vaccine trials are handled inside the Oxford Vaccine Group laboratory in Oxford, England Thursday June 25, 2020.

In this handout photo released by the University of Oxford samples from coronavirus vaccine trials are handled inside the Oxford Vaccine Group laboratory in Oxford, England, on Thursday, June 25, 2020.

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Joseph G. Allen—  an assistant professor of exposure assessment science and director of the Healthy Buildings program at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health — recently shared six reasons for optimism right now despite the coronavirus pandemic for The Washington Post.

The six reasons he shared:

  1. There’s good news about therapeutic treatments, which should arrive before vaccines.
  2. Rapid testing through saliva is coming soon, which means you will have a chance to test from home if you feel you have COVID-19.
  3. Experts agree that masks work.
  4. Airborne spread is happening with COVID-19, and experts seem to agree on it.
  5. People exposed to common coronaviruses from colds could protect people from COVID-19.
  6. Vaccine trials seem to be working, too.

There are a lot more details on these pieces of optimism. Head over to The Washington Postto read more about them.

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