There is some debate among experts about whether viruses are living things. But this virus is surely acting like any other living thing would: it found available and untouched habitat, and it seized it. And the virus will keep infecting humans until we develop immunity or invent a vaccine. Even then, SARS-2 will most likely become like other viruses that circulate in our species, such as influenza, measles, and the common cold. No matter what, humans will have to reach a modus vivendi with this virus. But it will kill many of us before we do. A new pathogen has been introduced into our
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