Channel: Be Smart

Category: Education

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Description: PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: to.pbs.org/DonateOKAY ↓ More info and sources below ↓ We’re on PATREON! Join the community ►► patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► bit.ly/iotbs_sub Viruses keep jumping out of nature and into humans and getting us very sick in the process. So why do zoonotic spillovers like SARS-CoV-2 happen, and why are they becoming more frequent? We asked an expert. #coronavirus #zoonosis #itsokaytobesmart Special thanks to David Quammen For more, please read “Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic” by David Quammen amzn.to/2AvxIta If you doubt the claim about Earth's viruses stretching millions of light-years, then read this Nature paper: nature.com/articles/nrmicro2644.pdf Special thanks to our Brain Trust Patrons: AlecZero Diego Lombeida Dustin Ernesto Silva George Gladding Jay Stephens Marcus Tuepker Megan K Bradshaw Peter Ehrnstrom Ron Kakar vincbis Join us on Patreon! patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart Twitter twitter.com/DrJoeHanson twitter.com/okaytobesmart Instagram instagram.com/DrJoeHanson instagram.com/okaytobesmart Merch store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smart Facebook facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartpbs