Tangent 10: Infectious Diseases
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Fungi! Viruses! Horrifying EMT stories! Sacks of acid! Zombies! For our reasonably spooky October episode, we’re joined by special guest Dr. Emily Krix to discuss all of the horrifying ways you can catch, spread and ultimately destroy the civilized world with infections. (Voodoo curses and Calypso music not required.)
SHOW NOTES
- Typhoid Mary [Wikipedia.org]
- Bubonic Plague [Wikipedia.org]
- Haitian Voodoo Zombie [Wikipedia.org]
- World Health Organization guide to Global Epidemics [WHO.org]
- Center for Disease Control’s Zombie Preparedness Guide [CDC.org]
- The Fungus that Reduced Humanity to The Last of Us [Scientific American]
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