The Virus That Broke the Planet. Why SARS-CoV-2 Is So Special and What We Should Do about It

Accessible and popular information about the latest SARS-CoV-2 research

 

The coronavirus was an unexpected gift on the eve of the new year, 2020, and within months the world had turned into a disaster movie. The states halted the spread of the virus by incredible efforts, but the epidemic started to expand again in the autumn. What do we know about SARS-CoV-2, why it kills some persons and is asymptomatic for others, is a vaccine safe and when will a cure be found, how do we treat COVID-19 without it, can the pathogen be controlled without shutting down the planet - the book answers these and many other questions. Although the pandemic is not over yet, and we are receiving new data on the virus all the time, the fundamentals outlined in the text will no longer change: they serve as a framework for the reader to tag new knowledge.