The coronavirus, like many infectious diseases, can live and spread on inanimate objects in the world around us. An epidemiologist explains how and gives some advice on how to minimize the risk.
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Jokes and satire can build resilience but also spread misinformation as people don’t always know what is trustworthy and what is just funny.
Several questions about the origin of the outbreak remain with no clear data on what this was or if it was an animal source.
A key component of how the coronavirus could be spreading is the environment.
The preliminary evidence suggests the Wuhan coronavirus is less deadly than SARS. But with social media, panic can now spread more rapidly and further.
Two coronaviruses were identified in the 1960s, and five since SARS in 2003. It is the seventh that is now making headlines.
A new coronavirus related to SARS and MERS has now traveled from China to the United States. A genetic analysis reveals that this deadly pathogen may have originated in snakes.
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Dean Faculty of Sciences and Professor, Stellenbosch University
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Conjoint Professor, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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Professor and Chair of Epidemiology, University of Michigan
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Managing Director, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, Western University
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Professor of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, Penn State
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Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
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Chair in the Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor/Director Centre for Viral Zoonoses/ DST-NRF South African Research Chair, University of Pretoria
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Directeur de recherche CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay
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Associate professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Associate Professor, University of the Free State
