What Is Coronavirus? The coronavirus pandemic can be scary and hard to understand for both young reader and adults! This book explains the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the diseases it causes, and the right steps to keep people safe and stop the spread. Readers also learn about past pandemics and how they ended, offering an optimistic outlook for the future. In these pages, readers explore questions like: - What are viruses? - How do viruses change? - Where did SARS-CoV-2 come from? - How does SARS-CoV-2 infect the cells? - What happens when a person gets COVID-19? - What are scientists doing to help? - How can people stay safe? Written in plain-language, answers to these questions provide readers with context for a complicated issue. For parents and students looking for straight answers to tough questions and a tool to sort fact from fiction, What Is Coronavirus? fights the mystery--and fear--surrounding SARS-CoV-2.