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More Insights from Laurie Garrett on CNN (May 7)

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Laurie Garrett predicts that the pandemic will continue for 36 months as the "best case scenario"

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"Mother Nature is a Serial Killer": A Discussion about World War Z (2013)

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"America is not a country. It's just a business": Layers of Venality in Killing Them Softly (2012)

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Boy Men: Notes on Step Brothers (2008)

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Anticipating the Die-Off: Notes and Quotes about Michael Rupport's Collapse

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