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The Invisibility of COVID-19

Why is it so hard to picture COVID-19?

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By Neuroskeptic
Feb 28, 2021 12:00 AMMar 1, 2021 4:38 PM
SARS CoV-2 (the COVID-19 virus) emerges from the surface of a cell cultured in the lab. (Credit: NIAID/NIH)
SARS CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) emerges from the surface of a cell cultured in the lab. (Credit: NIAID/NIH)

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Eleven months ago, at the height of the first wave of the coronavirus, I wrote a post proposing that COVID-19 had spread so quickly because it was not disgusting enough.

I noted that you can't take a picture of COVID-19 symptoms, unlike many other diseases such as smallpox or measles.

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