I heard someone say recently: "this variant is really catchy". My family can bear testimony to this. We have just had a markedly quiet Christmas and new year, all of us holed up with positive Covid-19 results.
This came as an unwelcome surprise - no doubt as it has to the more one million South Africans who have been infected by the novel coronavirus. We are infectious disease researchers. We've walked the long HIV and tuberculosis roads - we have grappled with pathogens and epidemics in the past. A number of thoughts arise from this recent too personal encounter with SARS-CoV-2.
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