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Editorial

SARS-CoV-2, “Common Cold” Coronaviruses’ Cross-Reactivity and “Herd Immunity”: The Razor of Ockham (1285-1347)?

by
Nicola Petrosillo
National Institute for Infectious Diseases “L. Spallanzani”, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
Infect. Dis. Rep. 2020, 12(2), 8647; https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2020.8647
Submission received: 29 May 2020 / Revised: 29 May 2020 / Accepted: 29 May 2020 / Published: 29 May 2020

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After the rapid spread of coronavirus-19 infectious disease (COVID-19) worldwide between February and April 2020, with a total of 5,267,419 confirmed cases and 341,155 deaths as of May 25, 2020, in the last weeks we are observing a decrease in new infections in European countries, and the confirmed cases are not as severe as in the past, so much so that the number of patients transferred to intensive care for the worsening of the systemic and pulmonary disease is dramatically decreasing. [...]
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; common cold; herd immunity SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; common cold; herd immunity

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Petrosillo N. SARS-CoV-2, “Common Cold” Coronaviruses’ Cross-Reactivity and “Herd Immunity”: The Razor of Ockham (1285-1347)? Infectious Disease Reports. 2020; 12(2):8647. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2020.8647

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Petrosillo, Nicola. 2020. "SARS-CoV-2, “Common Cold” Coronaviruses’ Cross-Reactivity and “Herd Immunity”: The Razor of Ockham (1285-1347)?" Infectious Disease Reports 12, no. 2: 8647. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2020.8647

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