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: