45: Getting a coronavirus reality check, with Dr Gagandeep Kang
Coronavirus has a lot of people worried. Till now it has infected at least one lakh people in 90 countries and claimed the lives of over 3,400 so far. But to put things in perspective, 770,000 people still die every year from AIDS and related illnesses, and around 15,00,000 of tuberculosis. So why is this new coronavirus causing so much panic? In this episode, Sandip talks to Dr. Gagandeep Kang, one of India's leading clinical scientists, about the myths around the virus, why she is hopeful for a vaccine, how climate change affects the spread of such viruses and more.
