The After On Podcast
The After On Podcast
Rob Reid
58: Recipes for Future Plagues | Kevin Esvelt
1 hour 55 minutes Posted Feb 28, 2022 at 11:20 am.
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USAID’s new “DEEP VZN” program aims to discover new pandemic-grade viruses, then broadcast their genomes to the world, according to MIT evolutionary engineer Kevin Esvelt. He estimates that 30,000 people in dozens of countries could then easily assemble them.