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Radio 5 Live,31 Oct 2021,54 mins

To Plan B, Or Not To Plan B

5 Live Science Podcast

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Scientists turn antibiotics into double edged swords that also activate the immune system to fight superbugs, and should the government turn to Covid Plan B now? And as the World Health Organisation convenes a new team to investigate the origins of COVID-19, and whether it in fact did come from a lab, we look at why scientists would want to engineer deadly viruses in the first place.

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