Chasing Life

Virus Hunters

Chasing Life β€Ί

12:47 | Mar 9th, 2020

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Where did the novel coronavirus come from? CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks to Dr. Peter Daszak, who hunts down the source of emerging diseases.To learn more about how CNN protec...Show More



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mm recommended:Mar 12th, 2020

The worst news I've heard all week: The coronavirus has no incentive to keep humans alive because we're not their native host. They've been in the bat population for thousands of years.

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bigfoot_skepticMar 13th, 2020

@mm I'm skeptical of his line of reasoning. Sure if humans went extinct, the virus would continue to thrive in bats. But the virus in any given human doesn't know that.

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mmMar 13th, 2020

@bigfoot_skeptic Calling the virologist in the house to help us sort this out. Any thoughts on this @cesarm ? Sorry for putting you on the spot.

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kyotea recommended:Mar 13th, 2020

Watching Contagion again. With the world moving faster, we should be aware of how things can rapidly spread, good or bad.

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mmMar 13th, 2020

The Contagion director says that's a spike in watching Contagion recently...I wonder why πŸ€” I think one thing I'm super surprised about is how unprepared governments are for this...

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rmmiller364Mar 13th, 2020

@mm @kyotea it’s one of the top movies on iTunes this week...

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