A global observatory to track viruses

The World

Imagine an observatory like a global weather forecasting center except instead of hurricane monitoring, it would look out for viruses and the next pandemic threat. Jessica Metcalf is a disease ecologist at Princeton who wants to see this happen. Host Marco Werman speaks with her about how such an observatory would work. 

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