On the hunt for the next pandemic (Image: J Carrier/Getty)
Nathan Wolfe travels to viral “hotspots” to find dangerous viruses before they go global. He talked to Linda Geddes about why we are more vulnerable than ever to a deadly pandemic
You advised on the film Contagion, in which a lethal virus spreads across the globe within weeks. Do you think that kind of scenario could ever become a reality?
It is very possible. It’s easy to forget that the world is still in the midst of an incredibly harmful pandemic – HIV – which emerged by jumping from animals…
