Keeping Up With the Ever-Changing Covid Science
In order to stop a novel virus, we have to find novel ways to do it.
Just keep going.
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The war to stop the coronavirus pandemic is being fought on many fronts. Since it’s a novel virus, science and research bring us new information on a constant basis, but it usually takes years — not weeks or months — to develop treatments and vaccines. The federal government has struggled from the outset to coordinate a nationwide plan, leaving it to state and local agencies to contain outbreaks and find money for tests. And the stubborn resistance by many in the general public to wearing masks, keeping gatherings small and socially distanced, and listening to the experts who desperately need them to comply with health guidelines has led to a startling upward climb in infections and deaths, with no end in sight. As the fall looms and countries around the world brace for another Covid-19 spike, the search for information and answers feels more urgent than ever.
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