September 29, 2020

Lessons From AIDS For The COVID-19 Pandemic-Scientific American

We are now engaged in another deadly episode in the historic battle of man versus microbe. These battles have shaped the course of human evolution and of history. We have seen the face of our adversary, in this case a tiny virus.” I spoke these words in testimony before a U.S. Senate subcommittee on September 26, 1985. I was talking about HIV, but I could say the same thing today about the coronavirus we are facing. Like all viruses, coronaviruses are expert code crackers. SARS-CoV-2 has certainly cracked ours. Scientific American, 09/29/2020