Presenting Coronavirus: Fact Vs. Fiction

Science Vs

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Education, Science, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 12.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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This week, we’re sharing an episode of Coronavirus: Fact Vs. Fiction, a podcast from CNN. This episode is The Hunt for Disease X: As human activity ventures further into the wilderness, scientists believe more diseases will emerge. CNN Senior International Correspondent Sam Kiley takes Dr. Sanjay Gupta on a journey deep into the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the hunt for the next pandemic pathogen continues. Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction is a production of CNN Audio. Megan Marcus is the executive producer. Felicia Patinkin is the senior producer. Raj Makhija is the senior manager of production operations. This episode was produced by Anna Lagamayo, Rachel Cohn, Emily Liu, Eryn Mathewson, Madeleine Thompson, Zach St. Louis and Zoe Saunders. The medical writer is Andrea Kane. Nathan Miller is the engineer, and David Toledo is the team’s production assistant. Special thanks to Ben Tinker and Amanda Sealy of CNN Health, as well as Ashley Lusk, Courtney Coupe and Daniel Kantor from CNN Audio. Mixed for Science Vs by Bumi Hidaka. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, hey, it's Wendy here from Science Versus.
0:03.3	We're plugging away on new episodes for our brand new season,
0:07.0	and we're gonna be back much.
0:09.4	I'm super excited about what's coming up.
0:11.8	Just like last season,
0:12.9	we're mostly moving away from the coronavirus
0:15.5	and diving into some other topics that I think you're gonna love.
0:19.3	But if you wanna follow what's happening with the Rona,
0:22.5	a little more regularly,
0:23.8	we wanted to share another great podcast
0:25.8	with you about this very thing.
0:27.8	It's called Coronavirus Fact Versus Fiction,
0:30.8	and it's all about COVID and pandemics more generally.
0:34.3	It's hosted by Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
0:36.1	He's the Chief Medical Correspondent for CNN.
0:39.2	And recently, Sanjay and the team
0:41.3	were looking at the hunt for new diseases
0:43.6	that could cause our next pandemic.
0:46.3	It's a story that takes us deep into the rainforests
0:49.0	of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
0:51.6	And that's the episode we're sharing today.
0:54.0	It's coming up just after the break.
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