{"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/d2298f66-0c70-42c6-9f61-eefee4506b03?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Coronapod: A whistle-blower’s quest to take politics out of coronavirus surveillance","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f3b71a8cbe675f3cedcb/61b9f40a7701000015817e3c.png?height=200","description":"<p>Rick Bright exposed former president Trump's political meddling in the US COVID response. Now he is championing a new privately funded initiative to track viral spread and combat new variants.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>We discuss the challenges of collecting data on a rapidly spreading virus, from transmission dynamics to genomic surveillance. We also ask why a veteran government scientist like Bright, the ex-director of the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, would take a new path in the private sector.</p><p><br></p><p><em>News Q&amp;A:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00760-2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Pandemic whistle-blower: we need a non-political way to track viruses</em></a></p><p><em>News:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00908-0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Why US coronavirus tracking can’t keep up with concerning variants</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://go.nature.com/get-the-nature-briefing?utm_source=coronapod&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=shownotes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em></em>Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday.</strong></a></p>","author_name":"Springer Nature Limited"}