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The Next Pandemic

This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler

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Monkey Pox - What's Next?

Monkey Pox was first identified in humans in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1970. We have tests available for it and vaccines that could be to the against it. And we just sat on our hands again, says Dr Laura Houghton. Thankfully, effective and targeted deployment of existing knowledge has slowed this down. The main ones I think you've got to worry about is flu. That was what all the pre-COVID pandemic planning was based on. It's still going to come. If that leaps to humans, that's a big issue. But also there are other viruses, mosquito-borne, tick-borne that could be really damaging,. things like Zika, nip

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