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7 – How Does the COVID-19 Outbreak Compare to Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza?
Abstract In the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when people were trying to understand the severity of the disease, many comparisons were drawn between this disease and influenza. These comparisons…
5 – How Did the COVID-19 Outbreak Start and Evolve?
Abstract When the first news of the outbreak of a new coronavirus that caused pneumonia in Wuhan appeared in January 2020, it was unclear what effect the virus would have…
2 – How Is the Coronavirus Spreading?
Abstract Once an outbreak starts, it is important to quantify how a disease is spreading, how it is affecting the population, and how different public health measures will have an…
8 – Are There Therapeutic Options?
Abstract At the time of writing there are no vaccines or specific antiviral therapies for the SARS-CoV-2 virus with significant reductions in mortality. Lessons learned from the SARS outbreak have…
4 – How Is the Coronavirus Changing?
Abstract Theodosius Dobzhansky’s essay, “Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution,” reflects on how evolution gives a powerful perspective to biological phenomena, able to integrate disparate…
6 – How Does the COVID-19 Outbreak Compare to the SARS Outbreak in 2003?
Abstract The virus infecting humans that is closest to SARS-CoV-2 is SARS-CoV, the agent that caused the SARS outbreak in 2002 and 2003. These two viruses are very similar in…
