Coronavirus researchers tried to warn us

Coronavirus researchers tried to warn us

Dogged by skepticism and inconsistent funding, these coronavirus researchers were stymied from developing treatments and vaccines for SARS—many of which could have been helpful in the current crisis. Much of what we might have learned about SARS would have been relevant to COVID-19, according to Michael Buchmeier, a virologist at the University of California at Irvine. “The viruses are so similar.”