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How do pandemics end?

Covid-19 restrictions are easing and borders are opening around the world. But have we really only reached the end of the beginning? In this week鈥檚 Inquiry: how do pandemics end?

After two really difficult years living in the grip of Covid-19, restrictions are winding down and international borders are opening up in countries around the world. Striking the right balance between the needs of a population fed up with lockdowns and scientists warning we鈥檝e only reached the end of the beginning is complicated to get right. While it may feel like the worst of Covid-19 has passed, the disease still poses a real threat to us. We ignore this fact at our peril. So, in this week鈥檚 Inquiry Sandra Kanthal will be asking how pandemics really end.

Produced and presented by Sandra Kanthal
Editor: Richard Vadon

Guests:
Dr Margaret Harris, Spokesperson, World Health Organisation
Nicholas Christakis, Professor of Social and Natural Science, Yale University
Aris Katzourakis, Professor of Evolution and Genomics, University of Oxford
Dora Vargha, Professor of History and Medical Humanities, University of Exeter

(Covid face mask lying on the ground. Getty images)

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23 minutes

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Thu 19 May 2022 21:06GMT

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