The novel coronavirus has hit the world like a bombshell. Many of us are quarantined and frankly pretty nervous....But one of our best strategies to deal with this pandemic is to try to understand why COVID-19 happened..and maybe how we can prevent it in the future. In this episode, we speak with Professor Thomas Abraham who helps teach the MOOC "Epidemics 1 & 2" at the University of Hong Kong, about viruses and infectious diseases.Guests: Thomas Abraham, The University of Hong Kong  Further Listening and Reading:Twenty First Century Plague: the Story of SARS, Thomas AbrahamPolio: The Odyssey of Eradication, Thomas AbrahamHistory of Epidemics I & II MOOC Video and Online RegistrationFight COVID19 with HKU websiteIf you have some questions you’d like us to answer, record a voice memo and send it to us by email to fightCOVID-19withHKU@gmail.com. Your questions might be aired an one of our upcoming episodes. Stay safe, stay healthy. Production credits:Producer and Host: Marcy Trent LongAssociate Producer: YuFei WuContributing Producer: Bonnie AuIntro/outro music: Alex MauboussinSubscribe for the latest episodes and review us on listennotes!