The current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has brought a number of major global clinical, sociological and economic issues into sharp focus.
We address some of these issues, focusing on short-term factors such as virus mutations and vaccine efficacy, and also considering the
longer-term implications of the current pandemic. We discuss societal responses to the presence of a pathogen that will probably remain in
circulation for decades or longer, and to future new emergent viruses.The South African Medical Research Council and the National Research Foundation.http://www.samj.org.zaam2022BiochemistryGeneticsImmunologyMicrobiology and Plant Patholog
