Epidemiologist Ian Lipkin: Are we getting the pandemic response right?
Epidemiologist Ian Lipkin was the scientific advisor for Contagion, a movie which predicted a scenario uncannily like this pandemic. Are we getting the real-life response right?
All of us fervently want to believe the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is over. Governments around the world are easing lockdowns and focusing on economic recovery. But Covid-19 hasn’t gone away. Infection rates are rising in Latin America, parts of the US and Africa. HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to the internationally renowned epidemiologist Ian Lipkin, the scientific advisor for the movie Contagion which, nine years ago, predicted a scenario uncannily like this one. Are we getting the real-life pandemic response right?
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