Can anyone explain the difference (lay terms) between the coronavirus strain that produced SARS and the one the produced MERS?
On reason I ask is that SARS seems to have died out (last reported case in 2004). However MERS is still being reported periodically.
Would knowing these differences, and with what is currently known about COVID-19, can something be said about COVID-19 and expectations of how it plays out over time? Could we expect it to die out like SARS, be semi controlled but still infecting people over time?
[Question] SARS, MERS and COVID-19
Can anyone explain the difference (lay terms) between the coronavirus strain that produced SARS and the one the produced MERS?
On reason I ask is that SARS seems to have died out (last reported case in 2004). However MERS is still being reported periodically.
Would knowing these differences, and with what is currently known about COVID-19, can something be said about COVID-19 and expectations of how it plays out over time? Could we expect it to die out like SARS, be semi controlled but still infecting people over time?