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Viruses keep jumping out of nature and into humans and getting us very sick in the process. So why do zoonotic spillovers like SARS-CoV-2 happen, and why are they becoming more frequent? We asked an expert.

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Special thanks to David Quammen
For more, please read “Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic” by David Quammen amzn.to/2AvxIta

If you doubt the claim about Earth's viruses stretching millions of light-years, then read this Nature paper: nature.com/articles/nrmicro2644.pdf

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