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  1. List of paraphrases for "infects":

    injures, contaminates, smells, hits

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#16140smells
#54531infects
#56967injures
#109827contaminates

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  1. Michael Osterholm:

    This damn virus is going to keep going until it infects everybody it possibly can, it surely wont slow down until it hits 60 to 70%.

  2. Aaron Packman:

    New information on COVID-19 indicates that the virus infects the human GI tract and is excreted into sewage. Our assessments indicate that there is a risk of waterborne transmission of the coronavirus, disinfection will kill the virus in water, but we should carefully examine our wastewater systems to ensure that there is minimal public exposure to untreated wastewater.

  3. Mike Osterholm:

    This thing's not going to stop until it infects 60 to 70 percent of people, the idea that this is going to be done soon defies microbiology.

  4. Simon Clarke:

    When a virus is swilling around the population, it can mutate, every time it replicates( infects) there is the possibility of a mutation. While most of those are neutral or even damage the virus, every so often a mutation gives the virus a' fitness advantage,' which makes it more transmissible. Bluntly, the more people with a second dose, the less this thing can mutate in dangerous ways.

  5. Jackson Lee:

    The real issue is whether and how this nation can come to grips with the legacy of slavery that still infects current society, while we have focused on the social effects of slavery and segregation, its continuing economic implications remain largely ignored by mainstream analysis.

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