400 - Can Spillover—How Viruses Move From Animals to Humans—Be Prevented?

<p>SARS-CoV-2, like other zoonotic diseases, originated in animals before “spilling over” into humans. <strong>Dr. Raina Plowright</strong> of Montana State University studies these events and the complex series of things that have to happen for them to take place. Dr. Plowright talks with <strong>Dr. Josh Sharfstein</strong> about how these occur, why these events are relatively rare, and what’s important to understand about them so we can learn how to prevent them from happening.</p>