The novel coronavirus has hit the world like a bombshell. Many of us are quarantined and frankly pretty nervous....But one of our best strategies to deal with this pandemic is to try to understand why COVID-19 happened..and maybe how we can prevent it in the future. In this episode, we speak with Professor Thomas Abraham who helps teach the MOOC "Epidemics 1 & 2" at the University of Hong Kong, about viruses and infectious diseases.

Guests: Thomas Abraham, The University of Hong Kong 

Further Listening and Reading:

Twenty First Century Plague: the Story of SARS, Thomas Abraham

Polio: The Odyssey of Eradication, Thomas Abraham

History of Epidemics I & II MOOC Video and Online Registration

Fight COVID19 with HKU website

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Production credits:

Producer and Host: Marcy Trent Long

Associate Producer: YuFei Wu

Contributing Producer: Bonnie Au

Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin

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