Podcast COVID19 with HKU | EP10: The Origins of the Coronavirus Pandemic

We speak with HKUMed Dr. Tommy Lam to learn the science behind how the coronavirus emerged from animal populations and can’t be man-made, why the pangolin could be an intermediary host, and whether we can be sure that the virus originated in Wuhan China.

Guests:

Dr. Tommy Lam, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong

Further Listening and Reading:

• Fight COVID19 with HKU website
• Dr. Lam Research
• Dr. Lam Research linking pangolins to coronavirus
• Channelnewsasia Video on How Coronavirus Started
• Scripps Research That COVID19 From Nature
• CNN article Scientists Debate Origin Theories
• Vanity Fair article on how man-made origins of COVID19 spread
• Vox video on how wildlife trade creates a coronavirus

Production credits:

• • Host: Marcy Trent Long and Bonnie Au
    
  • Associate producer:  YuFei Wu
  • Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin