What’s Happening Inside the Cells of a Coronavirus Patient (Audio) – WGBH

Read article - As a guest on WGBH, David Leib, chair and professor of microbiology and immunology, discusses the biology of COVID-19 and what makes the virus so deadly.  When viruses use human cells as hosts, they "completely take over all of the metabolic pathways of the cell to replicate itself," explained Leib. "It would be as if somebody walked into a car factory and snapped his fingers and said suddenly, 'You're making Twinkies!'"