Epidemiologist Tara Smith Answers Your Coronavirus Questions [Highlights]

Dr. Tara C. Smith is an infectious disease epidemiologist and contributing columnist for Quanta Magazine. In two recent columns for Quanta, Dr. Smith explored the animal origins of the novel coronavirus and explained how prior knowledge about other coronaviruses may help answer questions about the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 1, 2020, she answered questions live on Quanta's YouTube channel.