In recent weeks, the novel coronavirus, or SARS-CoV-2, has dominated the media across the globe. According to a telebriefing that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held earlier this week, we could be looking at a pandemic in the United States.
Since the telebriefing, in the U.S., the CDC have confirmed a possible instance of community spread of SARS-CoV-2, which is the virus that causes COVID-19.
There has been a myriad of mixed messages, misinformation, and conspiracy theories in the press surrounding COVID-19. How concerned should we be?
Has the scope of the virus been understated or blown out of proportion? Dr. Tedros Adhanom, director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), recently shared some wise words in