UC San Diego professor of biology Justin Meyer, who specializes in infectious disease research presents his course The Evolution of Infectious Diseases with special attention to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the COVID-19 disease and its pandemic spread throughout the world. In this lecture - learn about how pathogens jump or "spillover" to other species, and the ground-breaking research that proves how easily these mutations can occur. Recorded on 05/21/2020. (#35831)