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Thoughts on What Chemists Can Contribute to Fighting SARS‐CoV‐2 – A Short Note on Hand Sanitizers, Drug Candidates and Outreach
Author(s) -
Opatz Till,
SennBilfinger Joerg,
Richert Clemens
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.202004721
Subject(s) - outreach , covid-19 , dilemma , pandemic , outbreak , medicine , engineering ethics , virology , disease , engineering , infectious disease (medical specialty) , political science , pathology , epistemology , philosophy , law
The SARS‐CoV‐2 outbreak causing the respiratory disease COVID‐19 has left many chemists in academia without an obvious option to contribute to fighting the pandemic. Some of our recent experiences indicate that there are ways to overcome this dilemma. A three‐pronged approach is proposed.