The Covid 19 virus has brought the world to its knees.

While there is a lot of information (and misinformation) going around, I wanted to delve a little deeper into this crisis and understand viruses better.

Dr. Ananya Tupaki is a microbiologist with a keen interest in infectious diseases. Here are some of the things we cover in this episode:

- How do medical professionals know that they are battling a new and unknown virus and how important is identifying patient zero?

-India is a crowded country and some people are paying scant regard to social distancing. Why is this so important now?

Though Covid 19 has a fatality rate that isn't as high as some other viruses, why should we take it seriously?

-The last few outbreaks (SARS, MERS, Ebola) didn't spread across the globe. What is different about the Coronavirus?

- How our choices and way of life are bringing us closer to forests and animals that are carrying potentially deadly viruses.

What are some of the lessons we can learn from this tragedy?

Thanks, Raghav Kini for enabling this and Dr. Ananya Tupaki-Sreepurna for coming on my podcast and explaining things in a way the layman can understand.