However, recent experience in Brazil has shown that contagious effects can be contained after much of the bad news has been discounted.

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The best a country can do is to fence off the contagious effects of such fights and rely more on the domestic economy for further growth.

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Who knows what far-reaching effects your contagious message might have?

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They are more vulnerable to the severe effects of the flu or come into contact more often with this highly contagious virus.

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