60 min listen
#619 Breathless
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Length:
60 minutes
Released:
Feb 16, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
In January 2020 a race began to identify, control, and understand a novel coronavirus that quickly spread around the world creating a global pandemic. In his most recent book "Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus", writer David Quammen takes us back to those first days, weeks, months and years, putting us behind the shoulders of some of those first scientists as they try to reckon with the new Covid-19 virus. This week, we learn more about his experiencing of writing about the pandemic during the pandemic, how information about the virus spread through the scientific community, how...
Released:
Feb 16, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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