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Microscopic portraits give a close-up view of the coronavirus pandemic

As her renderings of the virus flash across screens worldwide, Elizabeth Fischer said: “You often hear people call it the invisible enemy. It’s trying to put that face out there.”

Elizabeth Fischer uses an electron microscope to capture images of the coronavirus, which is about 10,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair. “I like to get images out there to try to convey that this is an entity, to try to demystify it, so this is something more tangible for people,” Fischer says. (Courtesy of Elizabeth Fischer)
Elizabeth Fischer uses an electron microscope to capture images of the coronavirus, which is about 10,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair. “I like to get images out there to try to convey that this is an entity, to try to demystify it, so this is something more tangible for people,” Fischer says. (Courtesy of Elizabeth Fischer)Read moreCourtesy of Elizabeth Fischer
    by Markian Hawryluk, Kaiser Health News
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