As the coronavirus pandemic continues to whip around the world, killing thousands of people and overloading hospitals, you’ve probably turned to Google to answer your questions.
But you can’t trust everything you find on the internet, so we got Dr. Seema Yasmin, director of the Stanford Health Communication Initiative, to answer the week’s 50 most Googled coronavirus questions. She walks us through where this novel coronavirus came from, and why it’s called “novel” and a “coronavirus.” Also, don’t expect it to go away over the summer, like a seasonal flu might.
More bad news: It’s dangerous because it causes respiratory infections, particularly in the elderly for those with previous similar conditions. “It’s also dangerous because this is the first time humans have been exposed to this virus,