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Podcast: In The News
Episode: Is it time we learned to live with Covid-19?
Description: Two years into the pandemic, it’s still not clear how, when, or if it will end. With health systems across the world in a permanent state of crisis mode, other pressing health and societal problems that require urgent attention remain sidelined. Tim Colbourn, professor of global health systems, epidemiology and evaluation at University College London, says we must accept that eradicating Covid-19 is impossible and learn to live with the virus.He talks to producer Jennifer Ryan about how Covid-19 should be viewed long term and why vaccines and new drugs will le...