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cough or sneeze on you for you to contract the coronavirus.
You can get it by just passing through an area where an
infected person is talking, or simply breathing.
As we stated earlier, the new novel coronavirus is
definitely not the worse virus to wreak havoc upon the
world, but it is clearly a new experience for the majority
of 21st-Century Americans. This may account for why
so many U.S. citizens made light of the coronavirus…
including America’s own president, Donald J. Trump.
It may also explain why so many Americans were
careless, to the point of disregard for executive orders
to shelter-in-place or stay home in quarantine. Sadly,
too many Americans failed to respect the COVID for the
killer that it has proven itself to be, even as the deaths toll
continued to soar beyond belief.
Although the pandemic was becoming more and
more deadly, world leaders continued to downplay the
severity of the coronavirus.
Misleading and perhaps even confusing and mixed
messages from our top leaders around the globe, may have
caused a late start for the countries that these leaders
represented. This resulted in an enormous death toll.
Because world leaders in China, Italy, Spain, Iran,
Brazil, and the United States of America, to name a few,
did not take the coronavirus seriously at the start, they
may have put their countries at greater risk for infection.
Furthermore, their refusal to ban travel, and to
enforce social-distancing may have greatly contributed
to the rapid spread of the virus.

The Characteristics Of Viruses—
Like all living things, viruses have specific
characteristics that aid professionals by making them
more identifiable.