S8E1: Coronavirus: Epidemics 101
from Sustainable Asia
The novel coronavirus has hit the world like a bombshell. Many of us are quarantined and frankly pretty nervous....But one of our best strategies to deal with this pandemic is to try to understand why COVID-19 happened..and maybe how we can prevent it in the future. In this episode, we speak with Professor Thomas Abraham who helps teach the MOOC "Epidemics 1 & 2" at the University of Hong Kong, about viruses and infectious diseases. Guests: Thomas Abraham, The University of Hong Kong Further Listening and Reading: Twenty First Century Plague: the Story of SARS, Thomas Abraham Polio: The Odyssey of Eradication, Thomas Abraham History of Epidemics I & II MOOC Video and Online Registration Fight COVID19 with HKU website If you have some questions you’d like us to answer, record a voice memo and send it to us by email to [email protected]. Your questions might be aired an one of our upcoming episodes. Stay safe, stay healthy. Production credits: Producer and Host: Marcy Trent Long Associate Producer: YuFei Wu Contributing Producer: Bonnie Au Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin Subscribe for the latest episodes and review us on listennotes!
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One of the best strategies to deal with the COVID19 pandemic is to understand why it happened in the first place.
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