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@thatgaydoctor, MD, a family medicine doctor in Chicago and an advocate for the health of underserved and LGBTQ populations, discusses the two weeks spent in isolation learning about the virus, spreading information across social media, and cautioning people about the routes of transmission, especially among the queer population where it seemed to be spreading rapidly in major cities.

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In its alert, the CDC warned doctors that these viruses circulate in the summer and fall and that they should be considered as a potential infection in an infant with fever, sepsis, or neurological symptoms.

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