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Fighting pandemics

The 2020 pandemic has transformed our world, but it won’t be the last to do so. How should we prepare for the future?

The 2020 pandemic has transformed our world, but it won’t be the last to do so. How should we prepare for the future? Along with one of the world’s leading epidemiologists, David Edmonds explores the science of pandemics – and why it is so uncertain.

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9 minutes

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Sun 20 Dec 202023:50GMT
BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa

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  • Sat 19 Dec 202016:50GMT
    BBC World Service News Internet
  • Sun 20 Dec 202004:50GMT
    BBC World Service
  • Sun 20 Dec 202015:50GMT
    BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & News Internet
  • Sun 20 Dec 202019:50GMT
    BBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
  • Sun 20 Dec 202023:50GMT
    BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa