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The Coronavirus

     The Coronavirus Pandemic started in Wuhan, China and has infected Millions worldwide and has caused thousands of deaths. But what does the coronavirus ACTUALLY do to you? How does it spread? How do you fight it off or cause death in some?       Coronaviridae is actually an entire family of viruses that cause disease in mammals and birds. SARS was also a coronavirus. Viruses, in general, are sometimes considered both living and non-living things. They aren't made of cells, but they do have the ability to replicate, just in a different way than other organisms. They are also much much smaller than any of our cells? So how does such a small little half-dead particle have the capacity to kill you?      To contract the coronavirus, you first have to come in contact with it, either through an infected person's respiratory secretions, like a cough or a sneeze, through physical contact with them, or by physically touching a surface tha...