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Can you solve the virus riddle? - Lisa Winer

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Your research team has found a prehistoric virus preserved in the permafrost and isolated it for study. After a late night working, you’re just closing up the lab when a sudden earthquake hits and breaks all the sample vials. Will you be able to destroy the virus before the vents open and unleash a deadly airborne plague? Lisa Winer shows how.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Lisa Winer
Script Editor
Alex Gendler
Director
Outis
Sound Designer
Weston Fonger
Associate Producer
Jessica Ruby
Content Producer
Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Producer
Alex Rosenthal
Narrator
Addison Anderson

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