by Dr Steve McCabe
The last 6 months have been unprecedented in almost all of our lifetimes. The world and society, as we understand it, has been turned upside down by a handful of genes wrapped in a fat and protein shell 20,000 times smaller than a grain of fine sand.
A whole raft of new abbreviations, words and phrases has entered our everyday vocabulary - TTIS (test, trace, isolate and support), Coronavirus, Covid19, lockdown, the R number, stay home and stay safe.