{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/0185cea5-9e3b-4b82-a887-26f91f92765f/beed2f3d-f83d-471c-b9a0-77a1f4366a45?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Coronapod: Google-backed database could help answer big COVID questions","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f3b71a8cbe675f3cedcb/61b9f40a7701000015817e86.jpg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>A repository with millions of data points will track immunity and variant spread.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>To answer the big questions in the pandemic, researchers need access to data. But while a wealth has been collected, much of it isn’t collated or accessible to the people who need it.</p><p><br></p><p>This week sees the launch of <a href=\"https://global.health/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Global.health</a>, a database that aims to collate an enormous amount of anonymized information about individual COVID-19 cases.</p><p><br></p><p>On this week’s <em>Coronapod</em> we discuss how this database could help answer the biggest questions facing scientists right now, from variants to vaccines – could data change the game?</p><p><br></p><p><em>News: </em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00490-5?utm_source=coronapod&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=shownotes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Massive Google-funded COVID database will track variants and immunity</em></a></p><p><em>News: </em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00450-z?utm_source=coronapod&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=shownotes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Can COVID vaccines stop transmission? Scientists race to find answers</em></a></p>","author_name":"Springer Nature Limited"}