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What is a coronavirus? - Elizabeth Cox

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For almost a decade, scientists chased the source of a deadly new virus through China’s tallest mountains and most isolated caverns. They finally found it in the bats of Shitou Cave. The virus in question was a coronavirus that caused an epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, in 2003. So what exactly is a coronavirus, and how does it spread? Elizabeth Cox explains.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Elizabeth Cox
Director
Anton Bogaty
Narrator
Bethany Cutmore-Scott
Animator
Anton Bogaty
Storyboard Artist
Anton Bogaty
Art Director
Anton Bogaty
Compositor
Anton Bogaty
Music
Jarrett Farkas
Sound Designer
Weston Fonger
Director of Production
Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Producer
Alex Rosenthal, Elizabeth Cox
Producer
Bethany Cutmore-Scott
Fact-Checker
Eden Girma
Science Consultant
Edsel Maurice T. Salvaña, Nassim Assefi
Special Thanks
Kim Preshoff

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