Coronaviruses, Ebola, Marburg, NEPA, SARS, what do these diseases share in common? Habitat loss resulting in closer interactions between infected bats and uninfected humans is one factor. What other factors are driving the growth of zoonotic diseases, and where is the spillover risk the greatest? Predicting the spillover of disease from wild animals to humans is the focus of the 345th episode of the Stats+Stories podcast. Other recent episodes address sports analytics and the olympics, the impact of the war in Tigray, randomised response methods and Robodebt in Australia.
John Bailer
Podcaster and Professor Emeritus
