zoonotic diseases – Uncommon Descent

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COVID-19 pandemic and zoonotic diseases (via animals)

The bad news, as you will learn, among other things, when you read the non-panic news, is that precisely because COVID-19 is much less lethal than SARS, it is apt to be around longer.

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