Hey! The novel coronavirus (now SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19) is still out and about, doing naughty stuff! But what do we know about this sucker now, a couple of months in to this not-quite-pandemic-yet? What are the latest stats on the number of cases, what countries should we be looking at, what do we know now about the biology of COVID-19, and also conspiracy theories are dumb. Get some info on this latest outbreak here on Petri Dish!
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