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We've been working for several years on this, but plague is so important. It's a bacterial infection which has shaped humanity. It's changed the genetics of humans. It's had big social and economic change. The second pandemic in the 14th century killed half of the European population. And the third pandemic only finished in 1960.

We've been working for several years on this, but plague is so important. It's a bacterial infection which has shaped humanity. It's changed the genetics of humans. It's had big social and economic change. The second pandemic in the 14th century killed half of the European population. And the third pandemic only finished in 1960.

And we still today have cases all over the world in China and Russia and the US and much larger outbreaks in recent years in Madagascar and in Congo. And what have your early trials yielded in terms of results? Well, we've got early trials, both run here and in Africa, which have shown very good immune responses and safety. There's still quite a lot of work to do.

And we still today have cases all over the world in China and Russia and the US and much larger outbreaks in recent years in Madagascar and in Congo. And what have your early trials yielded in terms of results? Well, we've got early trials, both run here and in Africa, which have shown very good immune responses and safety. There's still quite a lot of work to do.

And we have several different candidates here at Oxford University that we're working on. But we hope that we'll reach a point during this decade where we'll have vaccines that will be effective and safe in humans for plague. And that will then be a blueprint either for a future plague pandemic if necessary,

And we have several different candidates here at Oxford University that we're working on. But we hope that we'll reach a point during this decade where we'll have vaccines that will be effective and safe in humans for plague. And that will then be a blueprint either for a future plague pandemic if necessary,

something awful like that happened, but certainly if other diseases spread that are similar to plague.

something awful like that happened, but certainly if other diseases spread that are similar to plague.

I was going to say that the first generation that will belong to the next century, I guess they're going to have a life...

I was going to say that the first generation that will belong to the next century, I guess they're going to have a life...

so we've got gen beta now taking over from gen alpha i'm gen x uh myself i was born in 1973 i suspect you're a millennial you sound i'm guessing i'm gonna put money on you being a millennial i'll take that as a compliment i'm gen z okay yeah and what are the sort of you know does it mean anything i suppose is what i'm going to say that people are born you know in similar periods going to have different experiences of life i suppose what else do we take from these labels

so we've got gen beta now taking over from gen alpha i'm gen x uh myself i was born in 1973 i suspect you're a millennial you sound i'm guessing i'm gonna put money on you being a millennial i'll take that as a compliment i'm gen z okay yeah and what are the sort of you know does it mean anything i suppose is what i'm going to say that people are born you know in similar periods going to have different experiences of life i suppose what else do we take from these labels

Yeah, and I guess in the end it's a useful label, isn't it? The cut-off date is a bit arbitrary, but it's a useful label to describe who we're talking about without needing to give the date of birth out.

Yeah, and I guess in the end it's a useful label, isn't it? The cut-off date is a bit arbitrary, but it's a useful label to describe who we're talking about without needing to give the date of birth out.

What's been the reaction online to the name Gen Beta? Do people like that?

What's been the reaction online to the name Gen Beta? Do people like that?

Let's talk specifically about the different minority groups that are in Syria. I guess they're understandable worries of what their status will be going forward.