Fluctuating funding and flagging interest hurt coronavirus research, leaving crucial knowledge gaps
Journalists covering the emergence and spread of the new coronavirus in China are awash with emails from public relations firms urging them to interview this expert or speak to that specialist. Some are infection control practitioners, others emergency planning specialists, still others people who advise the travel industry or study the weather.
Conspicuously absent from these proffered experts are scientists who actually research coronaviruses.
