Coronavirus has become a household name after the current COVID-19 outbreak. The virus has been identified as a positive sense single-stranded RNA virus and has the technical name, SARS-CoV2. It is also well known that it is highly contagious and is transmitted between humans through coughing and sneezing via respiratory droplets. Scientists have a pretty good understanding of what causes the COVID-19 disease and how it spreads through the population, which makes it easier for people to understand the concept and purpose of social distancing and quarantine. But in ancient times, ideas about the cause of diseases were entirely speculative and there were many interesting theories before the germ theory of diseases was established in the late 1800s. Supernatural Theory Unsurprisingly, the earliest theory was that diseases were caused by supernatural forces. People believed that when gods became angry they unleased their fury upon mankind by sending diseases to cause suffering. For ex
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