"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.
Robert J. Kim-Farley, MD, MPH, is a Professor-in-Residence with joint appointments in the Departments of Epidemiology and Community Health Sciences
Dr. Joseph Davey is an infectious disease epidemiologist with over 20 years' experience leading research on HIV/STI services for women and children.
