About Virus Questions
An independent network of virus-specific public health information sites — built on primary sources, not summaries of summaries.
Why this network exists
When a new virus makes headlines — an Ebola outbreak, a novel COVID variant, a cluster of hantavirus cases — millions of people search for answers. What they typically find is a mix of news articles optimized for engagement, technical CDC guidance written for clinicians, and social media speculation. None of those serve the person who simply needs a clear, accurate, actionable answer.
The Virus Questions network exists to fill that gap: authoritative information made accessible to people who are not epidemiologists, sourced directly from CDC, WHO, NIH, and peer-reviewed literature.
The network
The Virus Questions network currently operates three sites:
- CoronavirusQuestions.com — COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 variants, vaccines, long COVID, reinfection
- EbolaQuestions.com — Ebola virus disease, outbreak tracking, treatment, healthcare worker guidance
- HantavirusQuestions.com — Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, transmission, prevention, rodent exposure
This site — VirusQuestions.com — is the hub: it explains what the network is, establishes the shared editorial standards, and routes visitors to the right spoke.
What we do not do
- We do not publish speculation, unverified claims, or social media-sourced information
- We do not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment recommendations
- We do not suggest unproven or unapproved treatments
- We do not overstate risk to audiences with low exposure probability
- We do not understate risk to healthcare workers, travelers, or those with genuine exposure
- We do not fill knowledge gaps with inference — uncertainty is stated explicitly
Authorship
The Virus Questions network is written and maintained by Andy Wilcox, the founder of the network. Andy is not a physician. His work is the product of disciplined primary-source research drawing on 30+ years as a consultant, operating executive, and investor — including early work at Ernst & Young with Fortune 500 pharmaceutical and healthcare clients.
Every factual claim across the network is sourced to and linked from a primary authority: CDC, WHO, FDA, NIH, ECDC, or peer-reviewed literature. This is non-negotiable.
Content review
Every clinical page across the network is reviewed monthly against live CDC and WHO source content. When a specific claim is directly contradicted by current authority guidance, it is corrected. Pages are also updated immediately when major guidance changes occur — such as a new WHO PHEIC declaration, an FDA emergency authorization, or a significant update to CDC travel guidance.
Full details are in the Medical Review Process page.
Disclosures
The spoke sites (CoronavirusQuestions.com, EbolaQuestions.com, HantavirusQuestions.com) participate in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program and display Google AdSense advertising. Affiliate product selections are editorial, not commission-driven. Advertisements are served automatically and are not editorial endorsements.
VirusQuestions.com (this site) displays Google AdSense advertising and does not contain affiliate product links.
Contact
Factual corrections, questions, or media inquiries: contact page. Corrections supported by primary-source evidence are reviewed promptly and, if warranted, published with attribution.