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#55 – Jassi Pannu and Joshua Monrad on Pandemic Preparedness

#55 – Jassi Pannu and Joshua Monrad on Pandemic Preparedness

FromHear This Idea


#55 – Jassi Pannu and Joshua Monrad on Pandemic Preparedness

FromHear This Idea

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Length:
169 minutes
Released:
Oct 30, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

A full writeup of this episode, including references and a transcript, is available on our website:
hearthisidea.com/episodes/pannu-monrad
Jassi Pannu is a Resident Physician at Stanford, a Visiting Scholar at John Hopkins, and a Fellow at the Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Initiative.
Joshua Monrad is a Biosecurity Program Officer at Effective Giving and a Researcher at Oxford's Future Humanity Institute.
We discuss:

The post-COVID biosecurity landscape, including the American Pandemic Preparedness Plan
The Biological Weapons Convention and current issues in dual-use research
The role of antivirals, increasing vaccine capacity, and market failures
Similarities and differences between GCBR mitigation and general pandemic preparedness
How some interventions are underpinned by global cooperation

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Released:
Oct 30, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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Hear This Idea is a podcast showcasing new thinking in philosophy, the social sciences, and effective altruism. Each episode has an accompanying write-up at www.hearthisidea.com/episodes.