Published: May 18, 2022 11.16am EDT

https://theconversation.com/havent-had-covid-yet-it-could-be-more-than-just-luck-181708

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1. Lindsay BroadbentResearch Fellow, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast

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