Ep. 28.5 Bonus Minisode: Still Coronavirus!

<p>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!</p> <p>If you like what we're doing here at Petri Dish, consider chipping in $1 a month at our patreon: patreon.com/petridish</p> <p>Questions or concerns? Email us at petridishpod -at- gmail.com or tweet at us @dishpodcast!</p> <p>References:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.30.927871v1"><u>https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.30.927871v1</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.04.933135v1"><u>https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.04.933135v1</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5457962/"><u>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5457962/</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2001191?query=recirc_mostViewed_railB_article"><u>https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2001191?query=recirc_mostViewed_railB_article</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2001316?query=recirc_mostViewed_railB_article"><u>https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2001316?query=recirc_mostViewed_railB_article</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.23.916395v2"><u>https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.23.916395v2</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/paper-non-symptomatic-patient-transmitting-coronavirus-wrong"><u>https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/paper-non-symptomatic-patient-transmitting-coronavirus-wrong</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673620302609"><u>https: