While most coronaviruses cause common cold, three have become more dangerous, crossing species to people: the first was SARS CoV in 2003 and the latest to "make the jump" — SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes "Coronavirus Disease 2019" or COVID-19. According to former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb, there was a large, late-season spike in U.S. "flu-like" illness, raising the unsettling possibility that the novel corona virus may have been here earlier than initially thought.
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While most coronaviruses cause common cold, three have become more dangerous, crossing species to people: the first was SARS CoV in 2003 and the latest to "make the jump" — SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes "Coronavirus Disease 2019" or COVID-19. According to former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb, there was a large, late-season spike in U.S. "flu-like" illness, raising the unsettling possibility that the novel corona virus may have been here earlier than initially thought.