{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/b2fb5f0b-0ce7-4e5c-b6e0-9b1febd06aea/61d741cf4787d800139117bb?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Is it time we learned to live with Covid-19? ","description":"<p>Two years into the pandemic, it’s still not clear how, when, or if it will end. With health systems across the world in a permanent state of crisis mode, other pressing health and societal problems that require urgent attention remain sidelined. </p><p><br></p><p>Tim Colbourn, professor of global health systems, epidemiology and evaluation at University College London, says we must accept that eradicating Covid-19 is impossible and learn to live with the virus.</p><p><br></p><p>He talks to producer Jennifer Ryan about how Covid-19 should be viewed long term and why vaccines and new drugs will lessen the burden of the virus year-on-year.</p><p><br></p><p>Produced by: Declan Conlon, Jennifer Ryan and Suzanne Brennan</p><p><br></p><p>Opening music by Hugh Rodgers</p><p><br></p><p>www.irishtimes.com/podcasts </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Irish Times"}