COVID and Another Virus: Scientists Warn of Catastrophic Combination.
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A new study from China has identified the mechanism by which SARS and MERS could combine, by entering human cells via colocated receptors. If a single person ever catches SARS and MERS at the same time through neighboring receptors and the two viruses combine, we could have a whole new pandemic on our hands, one that could be far worse than the current COVID-19 pandemic. This recombination risk is one driver of a global effort to develop new vaccines that could prevent, or reduce the severity of, infection by a variety of SARS viruses, MERS and any hybrid of them.
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