As SARS-CoV-2 has shown, a virus is a force to be feared. This makes it difficult to predict how SARS-CoV-2 will behave once it enters our bodies. Regardless of how it originated, SARS-CoV-2 reminds us that provoking nature beyond a point can lead to unimagined and irreversible consequences. Here to stayLike any other pathogen that established itself as a persistent disease, SARS-CoV-2, too, was a chance occurrence. For SARS-CoV-2, the pandemic is not just a one-off chance but an evolutionary moment.

Source: The Hindu November 01, 2021 01:13 UTC