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Fighting pandemics

The 2020 pandemic has transformed our world, but it won鈥檛 be the last to do so. How should we prepare for the future?

The 2020 pandemic has transformed our world, but it won鈥檛 be the last to do so. How should we prepare for the future? Along with one of the world鈥檚 leading epidemiologists, David Edmonds explores the science of pandemics 鈥� and why it is so uncertain.

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Sun 20 Dec 2020 23:50GMT
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