Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 16 hours ago
The Covid-19 pandemic was an unprecedented event that scientists are continuing to learn from. While researchers work to prevent a future outbreak, there are many aspects of the pandemic that the public remain curious about.
How were vaccines developed so fast? What is the likelihood of a future pandemic? Why do so many viruses come from bats?
In this video, PhD researchers from the Pandemic Sciences Institute explore the science behind these questions including preventative studies of priority pathogens, the availability of funding to speed up vaccine research, and the fact that the evolutionary-ancient origins of bats means that they have co-evolved with many viruses, making them immune to the effects.
For more information, visit the Pandemic Sciences Institute’s website: psi.ox.ac.uk/.
Credits
Producer: Dr Charlotte Bird
Writer, Director, Videographer and Editor: Rob Key
With special thanks to the volunteers and staff at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Reuben College, Pandemic Sciences Institute and the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics for their support and contributions during the production of this documentary.
Subtítulos en español: Sofía García Varela, Carmen Dorantes Bellido, Katty Belén Proaño, Laura Rosado Caro y Paula Sánchez Pajuelo. Con la supervisión de Laura González Fernández (Facultad de Traducción y Documentación, Universidad de Salamanca, España).
The Covid-19 pandemic was an unprecedented event that scientists are continuing to learn from. While researchers work to prevent a future outbreak, there are many aspects of the pandemic that the public remain curious about.
How were vaccines developed so fast? What is the likelihood of a future pandemic? Why do so many viruses come from bats?
In this video, PhD researchers from the Pandemic Sciences Institute explore the science behind these questions including preventative studies of priority pathogens, the availability of funding to speed up vaccine research, and the fact that the evolutionary-ancient origins of bats means that they have co-evolved with many viruses, making them immune to the effects.
For more information, visit the Pandemic Sciences Institute’s website: psi.ox.ac.uk/.
Credits
Producer: Dr Charlotte Bird
Writer, Director, Videographer and Editor: Rob Key
With special thanks to the volunteers and staff at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Reuben College, Pandemic Sciences Institute and the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics for their support and contributions during the production of this documentary.
Subtítulos en español: Sofía García Varela, Carmen Dorantes Bellido, Katty Belén Proaño, Laura Rosado Caro y Paula Sánchez Pajuelo. Con la supervisión de Laura González Fernández (Facultad de Traducción y Documentación, Universidad de Salamanca, España).
