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UniversityofBath OP t1_iqwyke4 wrote

Reply to comment by Annual-Mud-987 in Hi, I’m Kit Yates. I’m a mathematical biologist at the University of Bath. I’m also a popular science author and a member of the scientific advisory group Independent SAGE by UniversityofBath

I'm certainly not at the forefront of these efforts, but we have scientists looking at all sorts of emerging threats. Bird flu, for example has been a popular potential candidate to make the jump from animals to humans and thence to have human to human transmission.

In the UK we have NERVTAG - The New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group for example.

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