{"id":21337,"date":"2021-08-14T13:11:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T17:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/?page_id=21337"},"modified":"2021-12-09T14:29:15","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T19:29:15","slug":"covid-19-sars-cov-2-and-the-pandemic-fall-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/undergraduate\/current-students\/subject-offerings\/covid-19-sars-cov-2-and-the-pandemic-fall-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2020: 7.00 (“COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and the Pandemic”)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the class page for the 2020 iteration of 7.00 (“COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and the Pandemic”). If you’re looking for the new lectures beginning on Sept. 8, 2021, visit the current class page<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

In the fall of 2020, MIT students and the general public joined professors Richard Young and Facundo Batista as they discussed the science of the pandemic during this new class. Special guest speakers included: Anthony Fauci, David Baltimore, Britt Glaunsinger, Bruce Walker, Eric Lander, Michel Nussenzweig, Akiko Iwasaki, Arlene Sharpe, Kizzmekia Corbett, and others. The class ran from Sept. 1, 2020 through Dec. 8, 2020 <\/strong>and began each Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. ET<\/strong>. See the syllabus<\/a> for lecture details.<\/p>\n

The recorded lectures will continue to be available on this page, as well as on our YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

View Syllabus<\/a>
\nSupplementary Reading Material<\/a><\/p>\n

Lecture 1, Bruce Walker: “COVID-19 and the pandemic”<\/h2>\n