Portal:Viruses/Did you know/19

...that Burchard Kranich allegedly cured Queen Elizabeth I (pictured) of smallpox?
...that the rabbit flea is a vector for the virus that causes myxomatosis?
...that when NBC pulled "Steve Burdick", an AIDS-themed episode of the medical drama Lifestories, gay and AIDS activists accused the network of fearing advertiser backlash?
...that in addition to infecting squashes, the squash mosaic virus also infects melons?
...that former GlaxoSmithKline executive Moncef Slaoui is chief adviser to Operation Warp Speed, which aims to deliver 300 million doses of a vaccine for COVID-19 by January 2021?