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Fever: The Hunt for Covid's Origin

Politicised, polarised, and caught up in a chaos of cover-ups, coincidences, and conspiracy theories, it's one of the biggest questions of our time: where did Covid come from?

Radio 4,9 episodes

Episodes

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8. An Answer
Speculation that newly declassified US intelligence will contain smoking-gun evidence.
18 Jul 2023,29 mins
7. The Suspicion Business
Mysterious deaths in Soviet Russia and what they might tell us about the origin of Covid.
11 Jul 2023,29 mins
6. Back to the Market
What really went on in that Wuhan market - and the curious case of the raccoon dog.
04 Jul 2023,29 mins
5. Labs, Safety, and Risk
The lab leak theory goes mainstream. How safe are top-security laboratories?
27 Jun 2023,29 mins
4. Mission: Impossible
A World Health Organization team heads to Wuhan. Will they find the truth?
20 Jun 2023,28 mins
3. Uncertainty and Trump
US President Donald Trump wades into the Covid origins debate.
13 Jun 2023,29 mins
2. A Question of Trust
A team of top scientists ask where Covid came from. But can they trust data from China?
06 Jun 2023,28 mins
1. Batshit
As a deadly new virus starts spreading in Wuhan, China, so do rumours about a lab there.
30 May 2023,30 mins
Welcome to Fever: The Hunt for Covid’s Origin
Cover-ups, coincidences, and conspiracy theories: where did Covid come from?
23 May 2023,2 mins