Dispatches from 1918
Radiolab
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Are We Going to Have a Pandemic Like COVID-19?
The coronavirus is a brand new virus. It doesn't have the reassortment capabilities that the flu has. So I guess the question people are asking, is it conceivable that with this particular coronavirus that we're going to see versions of this as the years go by? You can never predict with certainty. But what I think we'll see over years is that we will either control it very well with a vaccine, or it will go through a couple of cycles of seasons and then we'll take its place at a low level threat.
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