Will bird flu be the next big pandemic? – Alex Andreou asks Prof. Devi Sridhar

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🗓️ 15 May 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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You might have seen a flurry of alarming headlines and articles about bird flu in recent weeks. Some reports are comparing it to COVID-19, and positioning it as the next potential worldwide pandemic. How concerned should we be? Alex Andreou asks Devi Sridhar, Professor and Personal Chair in Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh. • “Previously, you’d have to be in very close proximity with an infected bird. That is changing. For the first time, we have now confirmed cow to human transmission – that is a signal that something is different here.” – Devi Sridhar • “It’s like a lottery. There are millions of viruses circulating among animals.” – Devi Sridhar We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/bunker for £100 sponsored credit. www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Alex Andreou. Producer: Eliza Davis Beard. Audio editor: Robin Leeburn. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson and artwork by James Parrett. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:11.6	We have dealt with bird flu before or H5N1 avian influenza to give it its full name.
1:19.0	It results in the awful culling of flocks, but for the most part it is considered a low-level
1:24.9	threat so why are scientists getting quite animated about this latest outbreak in the
1:30.6	States at the last count 39 herds of cattle across 9 US states have
1:36.9	confirmed H5N1 all believed to have originated from one cow. It is the first time avian flu has been
1:45.4	detected in cattle and the first time we have seen mammal to mammal spread. My
1:50.8	guest today is professor and chair of global public health at the University of
1:55.1	Edinburgh with a focus on public health intervention.
1:58.9	Welcome to the bunker professor, Debbie Sri Darvah.
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