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The COVID-19 pandemic has made scientists think out of the box to invent ways that could efficiently eliminate all kinds of viruses – including mutations. In the future, nanoweapens may catch the viruses and lock them up in self-assembling traps.
Since early 2020, the coronavirus has infected as many as 650 million worldwide, with deaths estimated anywhere between 6.5 million (the ‘official’ figure) and some 26 million (The Economist’s calculation of excess deaths – numbers above expected deaths for this period).
The virus has demonstrated its ability to mutate repeatedly, making it harder for scientists to find an efficient weapon against the virus. So far the main tools have been antiviral drugs and vaccines. But new attack methods being developed are based
