Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic: Concepts for good decision-making.

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To the Editor: 1) Recognizing the enemy COVID-19 is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which due to its phylogenetic relationships shows a clear relationship with SARS-CoV-1 (SARS agent) and therefore with a very probable origin in bat reservoir (Macrochiroptera) (1-3). Bats have more than 76 viruses with human pathogenic potential, such as Rabia, Marburg, Hendra, Nipah, Menangle, Tioman, Ebola, and the SARS and MERS coronaviruses(4). Therefore this is probably an emerging zoonosis as a consequence of the transgression of the specific barrier, a phenomenon known as spillover. Leer más...