What important scientific discoveries arose from combating the pandemic?

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Of particular interest are scientific discoveries that (probably) apply to more than the COVID19 virus and its variants.

nonrandomstring · Accepted Answer

We've probably learned a great deal about air flow, architecture, ventilation and other ways to improve buildings for shared use. Perhaps new building regulations will come from the pandemic to help reduce the probability of future air born disease spread.

version_five · Answer

I think we'll need to wait a few years for the dust to settle to know if/what important discoveries were made. It's very hard to judge mid-event what will hold in the future