Next a panel on pandemics featuring Karen Masterson and sonia shah who wrote pandemic tracking contagions, from cholera to ebola and beyond. Welcome, everyone, can you hear me . I am from the uva center for Global Health and i am delighted to be moderating this panel with two outstanding journalist and authors who are currently living in baltimore and came down to share their stories with us. We are going to be on a tight schedule which i am responsible for keeping. We will look forward to about 1520 minute presentation from each author and then ample time for questions. I would like to remind request that everyone silence their cellphone. I would also like to especially since i am so excited about this panel and all of the other events i would like to remind everyone that the virginia festival of the book is pleased to keep most events free. If you would like to help with that, please consider a donation. My third request is to please evaluate this session as the festival is always wo
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