TWiV 623: Bats and coronaviruses with Peter Daszak

June 4, 2020

Peter Daszak joins TWiV to explain the work of EcoHealth Alliance in surveillance of bats in China for SARS-related coronaviruses to provide the information needed to prevent future pandemics, and why NIH recently withdrew financial support for their work.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

Guest: Peter Daszak

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6 comments on “TWiV 623: Bats and coronaviruses with Peter Daszak

  1. Joseph Akoi BORE Jun 4, 2020

    Interesting. I have learned a lot.

  2. James Lapin Jun 4, 2020

    Love the integrated video!

  3. loved being able to see everyone.

    Peter was great. very insightful. I like the way he has handled the fed funding cut. Hopefully, ByeDon will see his funding reinstated and his samples are still there waiting their return.

  4. Margaret Geaney Nov 18, 2020

    Listening to this is an hour really well spent. Very, very interesting.
    Thanks to all of you especially Peter.