A new strain of coronavirus — a family of pathogens that cause respiratory illness in birds and mammals — has infected humans. The virus has sickened more than 4,500 people and killed at least 106 in China, and six people in the U.S. have tested positive for the illness.
But how worried should you really be? WORT producer Shaun Soman spoke with Christopher Olsen, an infectious disease expert at UW-Madison, earlier today.