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Episode 4: Keeping up with Coronavirus

Catalysts for Science Policy's In a Perfect Policy

English - April 25, 2020 22:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MB
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In this episode, Wisconsin State Laboratory bioinformatician Kelsey Florek and In a Perfect Policy Host Jenny Bratburd discuss coronavirus (COVID-19), including the challenges in massively scaling up testing, the role of genomics in the pandemic, using new technologies for tracking the virus and more!

You can find Kelsey on Twitter @kelsey_florek, up-to-date information on coronavirus tracking with Next Strain here, and a crowdsourced scientist-led volunteer effort to answer any questions related to COVID-19 here!