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Why Deadly Viral Pandemics Are Becoming More Common?
Season 8
Episode 12
Viruses keep jumping out of nature and into humans and getting us very sick in the process. So why do zoonotic spillovers like SARS-CoV-2 happen, and why are they becoming more frequent? We asked an expert.
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