Bottle of a Global Pandemic meanwhile professor human government has been on the front line of the from there to secure london seeking to minimize the death rate from this a vicious virus they both join me in the studio. If you put a point weve no will. To this pandemic or what do we know about the splayed know if theres of this virus and in particular these renewed clusters which are happening in so many countries i think the real wake up call for everybody has been that where previously we regarded this as a bit like influenza in the sense that if you had symptoms you had it if you didnt have symptoms you probably didnt have it now we realize that a very significant proportion of people maybe 2 thirds of people who catch this new coronavirus have no symptoms and this is been its major Success Story from a virus point of view because its been very successful at hiding in plain sight were finding it very hard to track because people can catch it they dont know theyve got it they dont k
Parliament while perry says when it comes to it does it really matter just says the lib dems are not to Serious Party anymore even bruce says layla moran will be a success both as a jew since then we bang theory is not the support for choice but if i were a lib dem i would go for ms moran and finally peter says what she recently interviews with vince cable really enjoyed the shows ill be but its a refreshing change well thank you peter. The make of scientists podcast a Little National radio show is made crisper one of the best known for all just in the world buck unfair but when President Donald Trump was forecasting a bad case of the flu he warned on this show instead we could be facing down the bottle of a Global Pandemic meanwhile professor human government has been on the front line of the from there to secure london seeking to minimize the death rate from this a vicious virus they both join me in the studio. Chris could start with you what do we know will. To this pandemic what do
Were finding it very hard to track because people can catch it they dont know theyve got it they dont know theyre passing it on to people but the people who they pass it on to can have very severe symptoms sometimes and can become profoundly unwell and this is the amazing thing that thats really taken a spy surprise criswell put in by a successful virus thats almost embodying it with were sent in quantities. Well i hope im not giving that impression but a virus is just an infectious bag of genes the only thing a virus wants in inverted commas to do is to make more viruses and the way it does that is by becoming optimized so that its very good at spreading its very very good at getting into the cells that grow more viruses its very good at outwitting an individuals immune system for long enough to enable it to grow lots of viruses and then its very good jumping off that person into other people and this is a kind of game of cat and mouse between a persons immune system and the virus and