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            • public health risk
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            • A public health risk is something that is likely to be harmful to human health or contribute to disease in humans, such as germs carried by rats, mice and mosquitoes. Harmful germs came can also be transmitted from waste, water, dead or living animals and harmful substances in the environment. Queensland Health
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            • WHEREAS, the COVID-19 pandemic poses a grave and imminent public health risk, with more than 1.4 million documented cases and 90,000 recorded fatalities in the United States alone. - Unity Group of Chattanooga by
            • The mayor said on Tuesday that the decision to reschedule the marathon from April to September was made with the hope that the disease "would no longer be a significant public health risk." While Massachusetts is planning to lift its ban on some businesses and activities next week, large public gatherings have been banned through Labor Day — a week before the race's new date. - Star Tribune by
            • McGovern Says Reconvening Congress Poses Public Health Risk, Calls For Remote Voting - WGBH by
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