Breakthrough: The Next Pandemic
Prognosis: Misconception
Bloomberg
4.1 • 838 Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2021
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Virus hunters around the globe are already bracing for the next contagion which they fear could prove even more destructive than Covid. These scientists and doctors, drawing from hard-learned lessons from the past, are determined to stop future pandemics even as the current one continues to rage.
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| 0:00.0 | Are you looking for a new podcast about stuff related to money? |
| 0:05.3 | Well, today's your lucky day. |
| 0:07.1 | I'm Matt Levine. |
| 0:08.2 | And I'm Katie Greifeld. |
| 0:09.5 | And we are the hosts of Money Stuff, The Podcast. |
| 0:13.0 | Every Friday, we dive into the top stories about Wall Street, finance, and other stuff. |
| 0:17.9 | We have fun. We get weird, and we want you to join us. |
| 0:21.0 | You can listen to Money Stuff the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:29.8 | It's January 2019 and prime ministers, CEOs, and celebrities are gathering in the Swiss |
| 0:35.9 | Alps for an annual summit. |
| 0:43.3 | A globalization backlash, growth in China, and trade tensions are dominating the agenda. |
| 0:49.5 | Actor Matt Damon is also here, talking about the need to improve access to clean water. |
| 0:55.5 | On the sidelines of the World Economic Forum, an American doctor and a British scientist are sounding the alarm about a different concern, the specter of a pandemic. |
| 1:01.4 | In a press conference, Richard Hatchet highlights the mission of his organization, |
| 1:05.5 | launched two years earlier to combat infectious disease outbreaks with new vaccines. |
| 1:10.3 | Sitting beside two drug industry executives and the head of a health charity, he says |
| 1:14.5 | the risks are rising. |
| 1:16.8 | In our hyper-connected world, epidemics have the potential to hop from continent to continent |
| 1:21.8 | spreading far beyond the places where they emerge. |
| 1:24.9 | His group, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, is pushing |
| 1:28.7 | to speed development of vaccines against a range of threats, including a coronavirus that |
| 1:33.4 | causes Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS. And there's more to Richard's strategy. |
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