We are writing this introduction in the midst of a global pandemic. Over the past several months, humans have experienced history in the making. We have each come to more intimately understand and appreciate the power of nature, through the replication of a microscopic organism, to redefine global standards virtually overnight, bringing life as we knew it to a halt and connecting us as a global species more than ever before. The virus causing this pandemic, a coronavirus, originated in free-ranging wildlife, and jumped species to humans as a result of close and unnatural contact, with a dense interface created by humans and their cultural preference for the consumption of bushmeat.