Examine why antibiotics are used for bacterial infections and why they aren't used for viruses, and what it will take to develop a vaccine for COVID-19, as you join a professor of biochemistry and biophysics to take a scientific look at what a virus is.
Viral Intelligence: What Is Coronavirus?
What we don't know can hurt us. Look at the way a virus spreads, to be better prepared for the next pandemic.
Overview
01: What is COVID-19
In order to understand how something so tiny that you can't even see it with a regular microscope can bring the world to a halt, you have to understand what a virus is. Join a professor of biochemistry and biophysics to look at the novel coronavirus through the lens of science as he uncovers what a virus is, what a virus isn’t, and what it will take to reduce the spread and end the pandemic.
18 min
