COVID‐19 is a novel virus that did not exist as a human pathogen until late 2019. With information continuing to accumulate, early clinical and management strategies do not reflect many current guidelines. Also, there is continued disagreement among experts regarding the future trajectory of the virus, with some predicting consistent infection and mortality numbers as others are sharing more hopeful predictions. The first reports of possible mutations and decreases in potency came from Dr. Alberto Zangrillo, the head of intensive care at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan in Lombardy. Zangrillo alerted Italian media of a study by his colleague that showed the virus was weakening and that, “in reality, from the clinical point of view, the virus no longer exists.” https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/02/claim‐coronavirus‐no‐longer‐exists‐provokes‐controversy.html. These findings were echoed by researchers from the highly respected University of Pittsburgh Medical Center also showing that COVID‐19 at UPMC is declining in virulence and infection levels. https://triblive.com/local/regional/upmc‐doctors‐say‐covid‐19‐declining‐in‐virulence‐and‐infection‐levels/. However, World Health Organization experts and a range of other scientists have yet to find evidence to support any assertion that the coronavirus causing the COVID‐19 pandemic is losing potency. https://www.healthnewsreview.org/2020/06/reuters‐report‐is‐another‐classic‐case‐study‐in‐how‐not‐to‐cover‐covid‐19‐news/.