Scientists Are Already Preparing for the Next Pandemic

What’s more, they’re looking to eradicate infectious diseases entirely

Sam Jones, PhD
Elemental
Published in
9 min readMar 26, 2021

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“Unless we’re screened for coronaviruses and then shot out into space, leaving all other animals and nature behind, we’re going to have coronaviruses.” So says Benjamin Neuman, PhD, chief virologist at Texas A&M’s Global Health Research Complex. Neuman is…

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Sam Jones, PhD
Elemental

biomedical scientist turned science journalist & producer. based in washington, dc. sjoneswriting.com