Host good evening i am one of the founders to politics and prose. We have cspan here so we have moved, is like working back there pretty somebody is running towards microphone. We have just one microphone read to ask question so, if you need access to this mike, or microphone, you can go around back there. I would welcome davi david quam, is come this evening to talk about his new book the spillover. It is the first time he has been here and hes in montana so i think that is why he has had written many books. Including some of the dodo which won a medal. Natural history writing. He has honorary degrees in Colorado College and Montana State university where he served as a professor of western american study read hes also won the National Magazine award three times for articles in a wide variety of magazines including esquire, literally stone stone. In the third of these awards, magazine wars, was for a National Geographic called was darwin wrong. National geographic map, he has a title
At one point, pigs were running loose through the villages, sometimes abandoned villages. Like a nightmare scenario but it really happened, like something out of early Cormac Mccarthy or the book of exodus, infectious pigs running wild to the countryside, coughing. One fellow called at the 1mile barking cough because you could hear the sick pigs coming in due new york pig farm would be next. Real story. Nissan encephalitis is this disease in humans. This is what the disease scientists do, they go out and try to solve the ecology and evolutionary biology of these new diseases. Where does the virus live, what is the reservoir host, how do humans come in contact with the virus, what are they doing . And ecological disruption that causes the spillover. It gets into sometimes and eating intermediate animal, pigs, in australia a virus falls out of back and get into horses. Pigs or horses are referred to as the amplifier host, the virus reproduces abundantly in them. They showed lots of virus
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on demand at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. mayors from across the country discuss the elderly in their communities and thedifficulties many of them face when it comes to affordable housing and transportation. the mayors met at an event hosted by the hill newspaper here in washington, d.c. hello. hi, everyone. niharika: i am niharika acharya. i am the executive director of events at the hill, and i am delightsed to welcome you all to mayors matter, deepening the general rational impact on the community. as america becomes more diverse, educational, we look forward to hearing from some of the most respectable mayors across the country today and how they are working to build healthy communities that include people of all ages. 2409 not far from us, an event of historical significance is unfolding. we are glad you chose us our event instead. [laughter] niharika: we will not disappoint. we want to begin by thanking our underwriter, aarp, for making thi