“The Hot Zone” Author Richard Preston: There will be more in the future

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🗓️ 3 April 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Richard Preston, writer for The New Yorker and author of “The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus,” discusses the patterns of virus outbreaks throughout history and shares what may be ahead for the planet. Plus, 10 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits in the last few weeks, and the unemployment rate jumped nearly one full percent to 4.4% in the last month. Former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew discusses the latest report from the Department of Labor and the government’s plans to save small business in America.

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0:00.0	This is Squawk Pod. I'm C. NBC producer Katie Kramer. Today on our
0:05.0	podcast The Hot Zone writer Richard Preston on life in a pandemic.
0:09.2	When your life is at stake, you get smart really fast.
0:12.6	Why this long-time virus watcher says COVID-19 isn't a surprise.
0:16.6	The human species packed together in these enormous super cities.
0:21.4	What you have is a kind of a petri dish for a huge outbreak.
0:25.0	And the American unemployment rate jumped to 4.4%.
0:30.0	That's likely just the beginning.
0:32.0	Former Treasury Secretary Jack Lou on business
0:34.4	and the government's plans to help Main Street.
0:36.7	For these small business, it's a matter of life or death.
0:39.8	And if they can't turn on the lights,
0:41.5	then you don't get people back to work
0:43.4	and you don't have a quick recovery.
0:45.4	It's Friday, April 3rd, 2020,
0:47.5	Squawk Pot begins right now.
0:50.1	Good morning, everybody.
0:51.6	I'm Becky Quick along with Joe
0:52.8	Kerner and Andrew Ross Sorkin.
0:55.9	Today is you guessed it jobs Friday. Well, it might be hard to
1:00.0	remember what day it is, but it's the first Friday of the month and as usual, the
1:03.9	Labor Department released how many American jobs were lost or created in the month
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