Scientific American A Virologist Helps Keep Uruguay Safe from COVID with a Homegrown Test Gonzalo Moratorio assists his country in steering a more adept response than that mounted in Argentina and Brazil Advertisement Fame came quickly for Gonzalo Moratorio during the COVID-19 pandemic. People recognize him on the streets of Uruguay’s capital, Montevideo. They buy him a beer every now and then when he goes to a bar. They even approach him on the water, whenever he goes out surfing with friends. And they thank him. They are grateful because Moratorio helped Uruguay dodge the worst consequenc...