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

Kategorie: Wissen und Wissenschaft
Kanal: Nature
Datum: 9. April 2021, 19:25
Stufe: B1-B2 (Mittelstufe)


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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.

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