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Monday, March 30, 2020

Coronavirus 101: What you need to know

Our understanding of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, is evolving daily—but we do know some important basics.

There’s still much to learn about the disease that has killed thousands of people and is changing life as we know it during this pandemic. But we do know some important basics about COVID-19 and the novel coronavirus—SARS-CoV-2—that causes it.

Coronaviruses are a large family, but only seven of its members infect humans. Four types cause minor illnesses like the common cold, while other coronaviruses have triggered far more devastating impacts such as SARS, MERS, and now COVID-19. Coronaviruses can be zoonotic, meaning they jump from animals to humans. Like its relatives, COVID-19 is primarily a respiratory disease that starts in the lungs, causing pneumonia-like symptoms, but can also cast a storm across the entire body.

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Now I am depressed. TMI. Very scary!

Anonymous said...

keep em coming!I'm cracking up!

Anonymous said...

What does "101" mean?

Anonymous said...

one hundred one

Anonymous said...

101 is synonymous with a Freshman college course.
101 English
101 Algebra
and so on...

Anonymous said...

101 comes after 100

Unless one is counting backwards