Epidemiologist Oscar Franco discusses the progress and hurdles in the ongoing battle against COVID-19

10/06/20 • 21 min

In a wide-ranging phone interview in Spanish, Dr. Oscar Franco, prolific author and Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard ́s School of Health, discusses the progress and hurdles in the ongoing battle against COVID-19, in light of President Donald Trump ́s recent diagnosis.
Franco gives some historical perspective on pandemics and gives listeners a hopeful message: "we ́ll get through this." Photo credit: https://www.twenty20.com/photos/5df53a67-92f3-4df1-8100-6d79816439fb/?utm_t20_channel=bl

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