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Spillover: Animal Infections and the next Human Pandemic. Talking to author David Quammen.

Spillover: Animal Infections and the next Human Pandemic. Talking to author David Quammen.

Released Wednesday, 10th April 2024
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Spillover: Animal Infections and the next Human Pandemic. Talking to author David Quammen.

Spillover: Animal Infections and the next Human Pandemic. Talking to author David Quammen.

Spillover: Animal Infections and the next Human Pandemic. Talking to author David Quammen.

Spillover: Animal Infections and the next Human Pandemic. Talking to author David Quammen.

Wednesday, 10th April 2024
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Spillover, or zoonosis, is the infection of humans with animal viruses. In his book Spillover, David Quammen recounts the frightening phenomenon whereby EBOLA, HIV, SARS among other diseases have moved into human populations. About 60% of human diseases originated in animals. And what is the probable origin of the next pandemic ?

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The San Francisco Experience

We are a "deep dive" news podcast, for Americans who get their news from the Internet. Our mission is to give the listener succinct, fact based analysis both non-ideological and independent from a California, Silicon Valley perspective.Your hostJim Herlihy is a published author: his novel “Deceit and Dirty Money” is available on line. He served as President of the SF Public Library Commission 1992 - 1996. While working in Latin America, he was a stringer for The Economist, The Times and the BBC. Jim serves as a director on two SF sister city boards : Bangalore, India and Cork, Ireland.

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