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A Question of Science

Are We Prepared For The Next Pandemic?

Oct 8, 2025 · 36 min · Season 1 · Episode 4 · 34.6 MB
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Professor Brian Cox and a panel of experts discuss COVID-19 and whether we are prepared for the next pandemic.

Where or when could it happen? How could we control it? What would we do differently? In this episode, a lively studio audience quizzes world-leading scientists and doctors working on the frontline, specialising in infectious disease, vaccines and protecting us from the next deadly outbreak.

Panellists

  • Teresa Lambe – Head of Vaccine Immunology, University of Oxford and co-designer of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
  • Wendy Barclay – Head of the Department for Infectious Disease at Imperial College London
  • Emma Wall – Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Francis Crick Institute and Consultant in Infectious Diseases, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Kevin Fong – Professor of Public Engagement and Innovation, UCL and Consultant Anaesthetist, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Watch the video version of this episode and read a transcript on our website: www.crick.ac.uk/podcast/pandemics

If you have a follow up question about any of the episodes in the series, email us:  aquestionofscience@bbc.co.uk

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Music by John Biddle

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