Going Viral

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The term 'bird flu' is a misnomer, scientists say, because almost all human influenza originates in our feathered friends. How it lands in you and spreads is another matter …
Hear what it takes for a virus to go global, from a virus hunter who plans to stop epidemics in their tiny DNA tracks with an innovative global surveillance system.
Also, why your genome is littered with fossil viruses of the past … the two largest viruses discovered so far, Mimi and Mega, square off … and, what it takes for ideas to 'go viral.'
Guests:

Nathan Wolfe – Viral Ecologist, Director of the Global Viral Forecasting Initiative
Robert Gifford – Evolutionary virologist, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center at Rockefeller University
Vincent Racaniello – Virologist at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, host of the podcast, 'This Week in Microbiology,' and author of the 'Virology Blog'
Bill Wasik – Senior Editor at Wired, author of And Then There's This: How Stories Live and Die in Viral Culture