This is a very interesting article about how mutations in the Coronavirus can be used to track its generational count and also what kinds of paths it may have taken for the disease transmission. Virus duplication is a sloppy and hasty process that produces errors. It turns out that the mass infections in New York have largely started coming from Europe, where travel was unrestricted, and also there was a cross-country source from Washington state.
20200409/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/science/new-york-coronavirus-cases-europe-genomes.html?referringSource=articleShare
This is a very insightful article about how Coronavirus can spread quite prolifically through social activities, and the corresponding importance of social distancing. Someone who only has mild symptoms and continues to be a prolific socialite can transmit the disease to others who it is fatal to.
20200409/https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/08/funeral-birthday-party-hugs-covid-19/