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Why We Should Care About Viruses Jumping From Animals To People

Short Wave

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Introduction

Emily Kwong and Mike Lean-Doo-Cliff are on Shortwave from NPR. They discuss a story about pigs with what looked like the flu in Oklahoma. A virologist used to work at a company that develops vaccine for livestock animals. How do you go about isolating a virus in a pig? The farmer took samples actually from the pigs' noses.

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