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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Abstract Viruses are amazing creatures. They are the most common, the most diverse, and the fastest-evolving biological entities on Earth. They infect every form of life known, “hijacking” the complex…
