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Babbage: The parasites and the pandemic

Babbage from The Economist

English - December 23, 2020 16:30 - 30 minutes - 70.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 398 ratings
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While the world has been preoccupied with tackling covid-19, deadly malaria epidemics are continuing around the world. Robert Guest, The Economist’s foreign editor, investigates how covid-19 has affected the fight against malaria and talks to scientists in Senegal working to eliminate the disease. Also, historian Timothy Winegard explains how malaria has shaped life on Earth.


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