Coronapod: The state of the pandemic, six months in
Nature Podcast
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4.5 • 893 Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2020
⏱️ 34 minutes
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In this episode:
03:13 What have we learnt?
We take a look back over the past six months of the pandemic, and discuss how far the world has come. It’s been a period of turmoil and science has faced an unprecedented challenge. What lessons can be learned from the epidemic so far to continue the fight in the months to come?
Financial Times: Coronavirus tracked: the latest figures as countries start to reopen
Wellcome Open Research: What settings have been linked to SARS-CoV-2 transmission clusters?
12:55 Unanswered questions
After months of intensive research, much is known about the new coronavirus – but many important questions remain unanswered. We look at the knowledge gaps researchers are trying to fill.
Nature Medicine: Real-time tracking of self-reported symptoms to predict potential COVID-19
20:36 How has lockdown affected fieldwork?
The inability to travel during lockdown has seriously hampered many researchers’ ability to gather fieldwork data. We hear from three whose work has been affected, and what this means for their projects.
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| 0:00.0 | Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by on track to your destination, not a care in the world as you simply lean back, and before you know it, you're there. |
| 0:16.7 | Travel by train from London to Liverpool from just 25 pounds. |
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| 0:22.2 | Feel good travel. |
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| 0:28.6 | com.com. |
| 0:28.7 | U.K. forward slash plan. |
| 0:32.3 | Welcome to CoronaPod. |
| 0:35.6 | In this show, we're going to bring you nature's take on the latest COVID-19 developments. |
| 0:41.4 | And we'll be speaking to experts around the world about research during the pandemic. |
| 0:47.8 | I really don't know how this plays out. We also don't know a ton about this, you know, virus. |
| 0:52.3 | So there's so many open questions. I just have a really |
| 0:54.7 | hard time making predictions because I don't know how the outbreak is going to change. |
| 1:02.2 | Welcome to episode 15 of CoronaPod. I'm Benjamin Thompson back in the South London basement, |
| 1:08.1 | and I'm joined, as always, by Noah Baker and Amy Maxman. Hi both. |
| 1:12.8 | Hi then. |
| 1:13.5 | Hi. Before we get started today, a little announcement from us all here. It feels like the pandemic is |
| 1:20.0 | moving into a new chapter. I think maybe you'll both agree, although of course it is still ongoing. |
| 1:25.4 | And the nature of science coverage is changing, |
| 1:28.1 | and we're looking to change with it. So we are coming to the end of CoronaPod. We're going to |
| 1:33.4 | retire the show in a few episodes. Isn't that right, both? Yeah, I think it's starting to become clear to |
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