This episode compares global public health responses to the coronavirus pandemic that began in March 2020. Medical students Siddharth Venkatraman and Leo Shen discuss the successes and pitfalls of the responses by the UK, Taiwan, South Africa and Hungary and what we can learn from the measures they used. This episode draws information from the following references: 

https://www-sciencedirect-com.proxy1.library.jhu.edu/science/article/pii/S0140673620323503

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/15/europe/uk-vaccine-rollout-target-gbr-intl/index.html

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32750-1/fulltext https://time.com/5899432/sweden-coronovirus-disaster/ 

This episode was produced by Samantha Hao. Content discussed in this podcast does not reflect the views of our institutions. This podcast is also not meant for medical advice. 

Original music composed by Thomas Le and performed by The Bruits (Alina Spiegel, Antonio Salas, and Thomas Le)

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