Jim Mason

The HITAR Institute Canada, British Columbia, Canada
Author    Correspondence author
International Journal of Super Species Research, 2020, Vol. 10, No. 1   doi: 10.5376/ijssr.2020.10.0001
Received: 30 Apr., 2020    Accepted: 18 May, 2020    Published: 30 May, 2020

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Mason J., 2020, SARS-CoV-2 is a super virus, International Journal of Super Species Research, 10(1): 1-5(doi: 10.5376/ijssr.2020.10.0001)

SARS-CoV-2 virus has the following characteristics: 1. Strong infectivity, long incubation period, and low mortality; 2. Diversified host cells; 3. Short duration of immunity; 4. Complex transmission media and routes; 5. Seasons and climate do not affect the transmission ability. These five characteristics make SARS-CoV-2 virus easier to survive, spread, evolve, and mutate, which can lead to global pandemic. SARS-CoV-2 is a more typical virus than SARS, MERS, Ebola and HIV. Such a virus, once parasitized on a variety of host cells, will become a "lingering" and long-term "epidemic virus". Therefore, SARS-CoV-2 virus is a type of super virus, which will bring long-term problems and challenges to human beings.

Super Virus; SARS-CoV-2; Covid-19