February 12, 2021 / Modified feb 19, 2021 8:35 a.m.

Episode 266: Imagining endgame scenarios for COVID-19

The evolution of COVID-19 and how it might join H-I-V and the flu as a controllable virus.

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Imagining endgame scenarios for COVID-19

This episode is supported by the The Research Corporation for Science Advancement.
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Episode 266: University of Arizona epidemiologist Michael Worobey

Scientists investigating COVID-19 say the fight against the coronavirus might end in a stalemate. University of Arizona epidemiologist Michael Worobey talks about the evolution of COVID-19 and how it might join H-I-V and the flu as a controllable virus that we must constantly guard against.

Michael Worobey spoke with Tim Swindle, director of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona.

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