Listen "Zombie Viruses & Epidemic Archaeology"
Episode Synopsis
Covid isn't the first pandemic that we as a species have had to endure, and it won't be the last. What we know for sure is that each one started out as either a virus or bacteria. Figuring out how to treat and/or cure them is the tricky part, and the frightening part is that viruses and bacteria were here before us, and they'll probably still be here long after we're gone. And our demise might just be a zombie virus – since that's basically what viruses are: zombies.
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