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Coronapod: A whistle-blower’s quest to take politics out of coronavirus surveillance

Apr 9, 2021

21:51

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Is There a Nationalized Health Curse?

03:47

What Is Bright's Vision for Epidemiology?

02:31

Why Didn't Moore Speak Out?

02:51

Introduction

2min

Exactly. And Rick Bright, Who Was a Whistle Blower, Was Actually Leading an Effort to Improve Surveillance

3min

Why Didn't Moore Speak Out?

3min

The Emotion in Rick Bright's Voice When He's Speaking About Cove

3min

Is There a Problem With Sequencing Capacity?

3min

Is There a Nationalized Health Curse?

4min

What Is Bright's Vision for Epidemiology?

3min

Science and the Political System - Is That Fair?

2min

Pandemic Responses

1min

Rick Bright exposed former president Trump's political meddling in the US COVID response. Now he is championing a new privately funded initiative to track viral spread and combat new variants.

We discuss the challenges of collecting data on a rapidly spreading virus, from transmission dynamics to genomic surveillance. We also ask why a veteran government scientist like Bright, the ex-director of the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, would take a new path in the private sector.

News Q&A: Pandemic whistle-blower: we need a non-political way to track viruses

News: Why US coronavirus tracking can’t keep up with concerning variants

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