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The next pandemic is already lurking
The next pandemic is already lurking
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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Jan 5, 2022
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Podcast episode
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Hopefully the COVID-19 nightmare will soon wane, but it’s unlikely to be the last pandemic of our lifetimes. Because the virus that will cause the next pandemic is probably already out there.Animals carry hundreds of thousands of viruses that have the potential to infect humans. Buffer zones between where people live and where wild animals live lower the risk of viruses jumping from another species to our own. But now human behaviors such as deforestation and urbanization, along with climate change, are erasing those zones.Today, L.A. Times foreign correspondent Kate Linthicum, who recently traveled to the Amazon rainforest, and national correspondent Emily Baumgaertner, who focuses on medical investigations, explain the issue. And they talk about ways to solve the problem — or at least dial down the risks.More reading:Where will the next pandemic begin? The Amazon rainforest offers troubling cluesOp-Ed: What it will take to keep the next pandemic at bayLetters to the Editor: Want to help prevent the next pandemic? Go vegan
Released:
Jan 5, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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