- How we can outsmart epidemics
- What vaccinating vampire bats can teach us about pandemics
- How diseases and epidemics move through a breath of air
- Rumors, trust, and vaccines
- 3 building blocks for pandemic prevention that inspire optimism
- Can we create vaccines that mutate and spread?
- Q&A with Peter Piot about COVID-19
In a Nutshell
What if the world was ready for the next deadly pandemic?
About Jeremy
Tropical medicine expert Jeremy Farrar is the Director of the Wellcome Trust, the world’s second largest global charitable foundation, dedicated to improving health. Before joining Wellcome, Jeremy served for 18 years as Director of the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Vietnam, where his research in infectious diseases, tropical health and emerging infections exposed him to the SARS, bird flu and H1N1 flu outbreaks. In 2005, Jeremy became an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for his services in tropical medicine. He has contributed to 500 peer-reviewed scientific papers, served on several World Health Organization advisory committees, and is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences. Married with three children, Jeremy loves all sport and enjoys walking in the Alps.
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COVID-19 is an airborne virus that has spread throughout the world, but it is not the first Pandemic nor will it be the last.
We will continue to be confronted with rapidly spreading viruses like COVID-19, and must prepare to respond appropriately and swiftly. Attention must be given to developing systems to prevent, aid, and protect us from future pandemics.
This Playlist examines multiple facets of pandemic prevention, transmission, and response,
- addressing pandemic threats
- global vaccine uptake
- novel therapeutic development
- mechanisms of viral transmission.
As a society, we may be able to more effectively act against pandemics and epidemics as they emerge.
These speakers provide insight to what has happened and what can be prevented IF the right systems are in place.
