今集,我們將追訪傳染病專家艾力嘉.弗利格、內科醫生約翰.范格里恩斯芬以及病毒學家凱文.阿里恩,儘管他們的研究題目得到不多關注,但仍然投放大量心力到其中。研究始於二零一四年一場災難性的伊波拉疫症爆發,觸發約翰與凱文創辦疫症爆發研究中心,這中心就二零一八年的伊波拉疫情,作出即時應對。艾力嘉則利用她僅有的資源,發展小規模處境的模擬演習,以助比利時在爆疫時作出應對。現時新冠肺炎(COVID-19)肆虐全球,令所有人都有面對疫症爆發的第一手經驗,也親身體會到人類為抗疫所作的準備是何等不足。
Infected - The Snake With Many Tails
In this episode we follow infectious disease specialist Erika Vlieghe, internist Johan van Griensven and virologist Kevin Ariën. They continued their research despite the waning attention. Learning a lesson from the devastating 2014 outbreak, Johan and Kevin founded the Outbreak Research Team, which immediately responded to the 2018 Ebola outbreak. Erika used the limited resources she had available to her to develop small-scale scenarios and exercises to help us cope should an outbreak occur in Belgium. And then the Covid-19 pandemic struck and we all experienced first-hand how unprepared we still were for such a crisis.
今集,虎蚊會帶我們看看全球化帶來的負面影響和全球暖化造成的後果。這個外來品種以往只會在熱帶地區生長,但最近在歐洲也能看到其蹤影。歷史上,蚊一直是寨卡病毒和登革熱等致命疾病的主要傳播媒介;蚊造成的禍害,可謂難以估計。
Infected - The world is a village
In this episode, the downside of globalisation and the consequences of global warming are brought home to us by the tiger mosquito. Until recently this exotic species only lived in the tropics, but now it can also be found in Europe. Throughout history, mosquitoes have been the major spreader of deadly diseases, such as Zika and dengue. The damage mosquitoes can cause is incalculable.