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tuberculosis, which, without treatment, kills about 45 percent of its victims. He points out that 4,100 people die every day from the disease. And yet this is one of those examples of our emotional disconnect regarding the most likely threats. We are terrified of Ebola but ignore TB on the same continent. And make no mistake; TB is a much more likely large-scale killer in the West than Ebola or Zika.
Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs
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