VIRAL WEATHER PODCAST

Chris chats with Dr. Mark Cameron, Immunologist and Associate Professor at Case Western Reserve University about infection rates in the USA and Canada, how research into SARS-coV-1 could help in the search for a Covid-19 vaccine and whether any end is in sight.

Chris and his panel discuss using mathematical models to predict infectious diseases, weather and natural disasters and how reliable those models can be. Chris' guests are Dr. Ashley Tuite, Epidemiologist, Mathematical Modeler and Assistant Professor at University of Toronto, Kim Court, Director, Catastrophe Exposure Analysis, Northbridge Financial Corporation and Chris Scott, Chief Meteorologist, The Weather Network.  

Chris and his panel discuss how operational and broadcast meteorology has had to adapt to the Covid-19 pandemic and whether storm chasing has been impacted by the lockdowns. Chris' guests are Gerald Cheng (Warning Preparedness Meteorologist, Environment & Climate Change Canada), Dr. Jason Persoff (Physician, Storm Chaser & Associate Professor, University of Colorado), Dayna Vettese (Storm Chaser & Manager, Multi-Platform Video & Editorial at The Weather Network) and Chris Scott (Chief Meteorologist at The Weather Network). 

Chris chats with Mark Jacobson, Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Mario Picazo, Meteorologist & Climate Expert, The Weather Network and Neil Osborne, Climate & Sustainability Editor, The Weather Network about how the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in cleaner air in many cities and what steps we could take to keep it clean once the lockdown ends. 

Chris chats with Dr. Qasim Bukhari, Postdoctoral Researcher at MIT, Dr. Roderick Slavcev, Associate Professor Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Waterloo, Dr. Vanessa Meier-Stephenson, Infectious Disease Specialist, University of Calgary and Rachel Schoutsen, Producer, Weather & Your Health about things that kill Covid-19 and work being done in Canada to develop a vaccine. 

Chris chats with Dr. Péter Molnar, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, University of Toronto, Dr. Marta Shocket, Post Doctoral Researcher at UCLA and Neil Osborne, National Geographic Explorer and Climate Change & Sustainability Editor at The Weather Network about the global response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the effect a warming planet could have on viruses and other pathogens.

Chris St. Clair chats with Steve Lurie, Executive Director of the Canadian Mental Health Association (Toronto Branch), Martin Ricketts Jr., Licensed Clinical Social Worker (New York State) and Dr. Sumon Chakrabarti, Infectious Disease Specialist, about the COVID-19 pandemic, its impact on our mental health and the role weather could play in moderating this.

Host Chris St. Clair and his panel discuss Covid-19 and how researchers are using weather data to study possible correlations between weather, climate and viruses. Could the approaching summer affect Covid-19?

Chris St. Clair describes what this new informative podcast series from The Weather Network is about.