If we had simulations that could tell us how contagious a disease would be just from its genome, that would be earth-shattering. But since we don't that's not

If we had simulations that could tell us how contagious a disease would be just from its genome, that would be earth-shattering. But since we don't that's not really the sort of question a simulation can solve. But I think it should be concerning that at least two related coronaviruses (SARS and MERS) turned out to have very high fatality rates in humans.