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Mystery #4Tier 2stopping an outbreak

When an illness starts to spread, how do we actually stop it in its tracks?

Once an illness starts leaping from person to person, it can feel unstoppable, like trying to catch spilled marbles. Yet outbreaks do get halted, again and again. When a germ is on the move, how do we actually stop it in its tracks?

A pair of hands being lathered with soap under a running tap, fingers interlocked to work the suds between them
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