Genomic detectives get to bottom of ‘superspreader’ event

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Most Bostonians know about a notorious conference this past winter where the coronavirus spread rapidly. Now, scientists, or rather, genomic detectives, have discovered that the virus went much further than that, potentially infecting thousands around the state and beyond. The World’s Elana Gordon has been looking into the study and how genomics is transforming the way the world understands the pandemic.

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