That's not true at all. Coronaviruses are 20% of common colds and were an active, non-niche field of research at least since I was in grad school for biochemistry back in the early aughts.
Re:Has Physics Lost Its Way?
by throwaway4787 on Sunday March 22, 2020 @05:35PM
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That's fair, I have to keep reminding myself that "the early aughts" are not less than 10 years ago.
Our current society is way to focused on short-term gains, mostly because of profit imperatives. Yet it is becoming increasingly obvious that being short-sighted will eventually doom us all. Coronaviruses were an obscure family of viruses no one but a handful of niche researchers were interested about until it became the most important thing in the world. As for climate change...