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The history of humanity’s most basic hygienic tool

At the most basic level, preventing the coronavirus and many other illnesses begins with simple soap and water. Humanity's relationship with the simple hygienic tool goes back thousands of years. Jeff Glor explores the history of soap and how it was marketed through the last century.
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