The coronavirus pandemic of 2020

In 2020, the SARS-COV-2 coronavirus emerged to cause a deadly infectious disease, COVID-19. Even with all the advantages of 21st-century science and medicine, human beings were unprotected, and COVID-19 caused illness, death, and economic destruction in pandemic proportions. The Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020 explores the causes, spread, and effects of COVID-19 on people's lives, as well as efforts to treat the disease and halt its spread.