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Ebola Is Back: Virus Pioneer Peter Piot Explains the Threat

Ebola Is Back: Virus Pioneer Peter Piot Explains the Threat

The Mishal Husain Show vor 4 Monaten

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Peter Piot first encountered the Ebola virus in a laboratory in
Antwerp in 1976. At the time, the pathogen was largely unknown.
Now, almost 50 years later, a new outbreak is spreading through
parts of Central Africa, triggering travel restrictions and
quarantines across the globe.

In this conversation with Mishal Husain, Piot, one of the world's
leading authorities on the disease, discusses why Ebola, while
deadly, is not easily spread. The Belgian scientist also explains
the challenge of controlling outbreaks in conflict zones and
lessons the world still hasn’t learned from Covid-19.

06:44 - "No future in infectious diseases"

10:50 - How contagious is Ebola?

12:05 - “I'm not concerned that this will become a
pandemic”

13:23 - Are travel restrictions necessary?

18:00 - “Ebola is not their only problem”

19:07 - How far are we from a vaccine for this Ebola
strain?

22:14 - Tackling Ebola in 1976

23:48 - Tracking the virus

32:25 - Vaccine disinformation

33:18 - “Long Covid really exists”

34:18 - “I was scared to die”

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