Critical Insights Into COVID-19
The virus persists, the disease continues to affect more and more susceptible individuals and there is no ‘quick win’ – we are going to be in this pandemic for an extended time. So, what can we do? How do we ‘live’ with COVID-19? What adjustments will we need to make? Drawing on six months as an avid COVID-watcher, on over 40 years as a microbiologist and over 20 years in medical countermeasures and health policy, Dr. Steve Prior offers a personal view of the studies on the virus, the disease and our treatment options and tries to answer some of the key questions inherent in ‘living with COVID-19.’
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