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Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Where Do Viruses Come From?

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.32.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

How do animals get viruses to pass on to humans? That’s what listener Ian wanted to know. To find out, we’re exploring the science of virology - the study of viruses. Virologist Dr. Jasdave Chahal explains how coronavirus jumped through two species into humans, and where they came from in the first place. Plus, we’ll find out how scientists discovered viruses before even seeing them, and how they built the tools to fight back. We have more virology resources on the blog for this episode on our website, www.sciencepodcastforkids.com. Want to hear more from our interview with Jasdave? We have a bonus interview episode available for Patreons, when you pledge $1/month or more at patreon.com/tumblepodcast. Do you have questions about coronavirus? Send them to us at [email protected]. Correction: A previous version of this episode stated that viruses were first discovered in rabies. They were discovered in tobacco mosaic virus. The new version makes the correction that viruses were first hypothesized in rabies, but discovered later in tobacco plants.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Lindsay.

0:04.5

And I'm Marshall.

0:05.5

Welcome to Tumble, the show where we explore stories of science discovery.

0:09.2

We know that you have a lot of questions about viruses right now.

0:13.7

That's why today we're diving into the science of virology.

0:18.4

In this episode we'll find out where coronavirus came from.

0:22.0

Plus we'll learn how scientists discovered viruses before they could even see them and

0:27.7

how they built the tools to fight back.

0:36.0

Tumble is brought to you with support from Spotify for podcasters.

0:39.2

Here at Tumble we believe that making podcasts is a great way to share what you know about

0:42.9

the world and there's no better way to get started than to use Spotify for podcasters.

0:48.0

Spotify for podcasters lets you record and edit podcasts right from your phone or computer

0:52.4

and once you're done with that you can publish your podcast on Spotify and everywhere

0:56.5

else.

0:57.5

To get started, download the Spotify for podcasters app or go to Spotify.com slash podcasters

1:02.9

to get started.

1:08.1

We got this question from a listener after our last episode about coronavirus.

1:12.0

My name is Ian.

1:13.0

I'm seven years old.

1:14.0

My question is how do bats get the virus in the first place and pass it to other animals

1:25.9

without playing them?

1:28.9

Ian's talking about how scientists believe that bats pass coronavirus to another animal

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