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Why did SARS and MERS disappear quicker?

Coronaviruses are a large family of enveloped RNA viruses that mostly infect birds and mammals, three of which can cause severe respiratory illness in humans. SARS-COV-2, the Coronavirus at the center of the current pandemic, causes COVID-19, and the other two cause SARS and MERS. Penn State’s Dr. Beth McGraw sheds light on the key reasons why the current Coronavirus outbreak has been so much more difficult to contain than the two previous ones.

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