SARS Reference

Seventeen years ago, in the middle of the outbreak, we decided to write a short medical text about the ongoing SARS drama, presenting the scientific data and providing real-time updates. After publishing three editions in 6 months, a scientific magazine concluded that our SARS Reference (www.SARSReference.com) was “not fancy”, but presented “plenty of information”. It should come as no surprise that ever since we became aware of the new coronavirus epidemic in mid-January 2020, we have been tempted by repeating our 2003 exercise with a Covid-19 manual. Here we are.