Preparing for COVID 2.0: Understanding Animal ‘Spillover’ And Addressing Excessive Nationalism
Executive Summary
Former Merck executive Julie Gerberding, Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, ModeX Therapeutics’ John Mascola, and NIH’s Larry Tabak discuss what it will take to better handle the next pandemic.
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