To the editor:
In her letter to the editor of Sept. 21 in the Sun, Donna Godin presents questions about COVID-19. Here are answers to those questions from the NIH (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17980528):
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(2) comments
Thank you, Mr Bosen, for your thoughtful and intelligent commentary in this paper.
Thank you, Mr Bosen for taking the time to clarify these questions.
Welcome to the discussion.
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