"An infection anywhere can be an infection everywhere"
CNN interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin about the threats posed by COVID-19, monkeypox, Marburg, and other zoonotic diseases.
'An infection anywhere can be an infection everywhere:' One virus hunter's warning on monkeypox.
CNN interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and the Gordon-Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, for a lengthy segment about the threats posed by COVID-19, monkeypox, Marburg, and other zoonotic infections.
”We’re living in a time of increased travel, increased trade, increased population mobility, increase population, and also climate change, which is really changing both the epidemiologic and ecologic landscape … all of these things make it a perfect storm for viruses to spread,” Rimoin said. “As I’ve said before, an infection anywhere can be an infection everywhere.”
The report also ran on PBS’s “Amanpour & Co.” program.
Faculty Referenced by this Article
Dr. Anne Rimoin is a Professor of Epidemiology and holds the Gordon–Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health.
Dr. Joseph Davey is an infectious disease epidemiologist with over 20 years' experience leading research on HIV/STI services for women and children.
Robert J. Kim-Farley, MD, MPH, is a Professor-in-Residence with joint appointments in the Departments of Epidemiology and Community Health Sciences
