TWiV reviews Michael Worobey’s dissection of the early COVID-19 cases in Wuhan, and the discovery that herpesviruses assimilate cellular kinesin to produce motorized virus particles.

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Early COVID-19 cases in Wuhan (Science)
Herpesviruses assimilate kinesin (Nature)
Letters read on TWiV 833
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