https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/02/11/coronavirus-the-8-big-questions-that-scientists-are-asking/ > There are lots of things we still don’t know about the new coronavirus, COVID-19, which has claimed 1,000 lives in China and sickened 13 people in the U.S. — including seven in California, with a new case reported Monday in a person evacuated by plane from Wuhan and quarantined in San Diego at the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. > But we’re learning fast. Emerging research is bringing us closer to answering these key questions: