Asia In-Depth Podcast: Surviving COVID-19 | Asia Society

Asia In-Depth Podcast: Surviving COVID-19

August 20th, 2020
Peter Piot

Virologist Peter Piot, photographed here in 2014, contracted COVID-19 in the spring of 2020. 
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Warren Mok is a world-renowned opera singer in Hong Kong. Peter Piot is the director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. And Josette Sheeran is president and CEO of Asia Society. They are three of some 20 million people to have been sickened with the coronavirus this year.

In this episode of Asia In-Depth, we hear their personal stories of illness, recuperation, and reflection — stories that provide insight into a fickle disease that still remains little understood by the world’s scientific community. And we learn how surviving the coronavirus has brought a fresh perspective to lives of three healthy, energetic people who never imagined they'd be laid low by a virus.

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About the Author

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Matt Schiavenza is the Assistant Director of Content at Asia Society and Senior Editor of Asia Society Magazine. His work has appeared at The Atlantic, The Daily Beast, The New Republic, The Wire China, and strategy + business among other publications.