- They explain that getting the virus is not a death sentence, you can't get it from your pet, and it has nothing to do with Corona beer.
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Pathologists debunk 13 coronavirus myths
Business Insider asked the Senior Director of NYC Health + Hospitals System-wide Special Pathogens Program and a professor of epidemiology at Columbia University to debunk 13 of the most common coronavirus myths.
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