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What we know about how the coronavirus works

caption: The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is seen in yellow, emerging from cells (in blue and pink) cultured in the lab. This image is from a scanning electron microscope.
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The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is seen in yellow, emerging from cells (in blue and pink) cultured in the lab. This image is from a scanning electron microscope.
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An update from Columbia University virologist Angela Rasmussen.

The virus has enormous social, emotional, and economic effects. But all this is driven by its mechanisms, behaviors, and modes of transmission.

Columbia University virologist Angie Rasmussen studies host response to disease. She spoke with Bill Radke about what the latest science suggests that we can expect from this virus, and what we still don't know.

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