{"id":40458,"date":"2020-03-03T10:06:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T15:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=40458"},"modified":"2023-06-06T17:51:15","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T21:51:15","slug":"cohen-discusses-the-coronavirus-on-cnn-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/cohen-discusses-the-coronavirus-on-cnn-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Cohen Discusses the Coronavirus on CNN News"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40460\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 354px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40460 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/03\/cohen-cnn-news-1-300x138.png\" alt=\"cohen-ccn-news\" width=\"344\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/03\/cohen-cnn-news-1-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/03\/cohen-cnn-news-1-1024x469.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/03\/cohen-cnn-news-1-768x352.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/03\/cohen-cnn-news-1-1536x704.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/03\/cohen-cnn-news-1-600x275.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/03\/cohen-cnn-news-1-301x138.png 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/03\/cohen-cnn-news-1.png 1540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Myron Cohen, MD (Credit CNN)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/myron-cohen-md\/\">Myron Cohen, MD<\/a>, the Yeargan-Bate Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, and Epidemiology, discussed the COVID-19 \/ coronavirus in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jh_ElqYcAtI&amp;fbclid=IwAR1Mi7A2QDCH7bTWSKLqau6NxuqLjA1ihpeaxjc0K-_vWsNg5FMQOyPFPpM\">interview with CNN, <\/a>Thursday, February 27.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is an emerging pathogen and the most important thing for us to do is to learn the rules that govern this virus,&#8221; says Cohen, director of the UNC Institute for Global Health &amp; Infectious Diseases. &#8220;There are rules that govern transmission and the efficiency of transmission, and when transmission can and cannot occur. Then, there are rules that govern what the infection will do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cohen acknowledges the &#8220;terrific&#8221; scientific capacity that is being applied to understanding the virus, and why approximately 80% of people have mild infections while a smaller number have severe infections.<\/p>\n<p>Find the interview <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jh_ElqYcAtI&amp;fbclid=IwAR1Mi7A2QDCH7bTWSKLqau6NxuqLjA1ihpeaxjc0K-_vWsNg5FMQOyPFPpM\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Myron Cohen, MD, the Yeargan-Bate Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, and Epidemiology, discussed the COVID-19 \/ coronavirus in an interview with CNN, Thursday, February 27. &#8220;This is an emerging pathogen and the most important thing for us to do is to learn the rules that govern this virus,&#8221; says Cohen, director of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/cohen-discusses-the-coronavirus-on-cnn-news\/\" 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