S1: The covid monomyth
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THE COVID FILES
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Decoding the science behind some of history’s worst pandemics and the pathogens that caused them.
Episode Air Date: 17th January, 2021.
#pandemics #covid19 #coronavirus #globalpandemic #plague #spanish flu #cholera #who #nih #nhs #cdc #aids #hiv
Think back to March of 2020, when we were fresh to the lockdown business and gradually getting used to the whole virus situation. I’m sure we all remember the countless forwarded messages, phone conversations, reddit posts and even news reports declaring that the coronavirus was, in fact, a bioweapon: painstakingly engineered and mercilessly unleashed upon the world.
This was, of course, proven to be a conspiracy theory, but one cannot help but wonder … if we were to have a bioweapon attack today, what would it be like? How do bioweapons even work? Well, you don’t need to wonder much longer, because this article covers these questions and a lot more.
Episode Air Date: 24th January, 2021.
#pandemics #covid19 #coronavirus #globalpandemic #wuhan #bioweapons #biowarfare #who #nih #nhs #cdc #genevaconvention #biologicalweaponsconvention #bioethics
Bio Much? is back, and this time, we’re exploring the phenomenon of zoonotic viruses, which “spillover” to humans from other species.
Episode Air Date: 28th March 2021.
#pandemics #covid19 #coronavirus #globalpandemic #wuhan #zoonosis #globalwarming #virology #nih #nhs #cdc
This week, we learn how the Coronavirus enters the human cell in Breaking Into The Cell – Crash Course Edition a.k.a. How To Get Away With Receptor-Mediated Fusion. We also discuss the implications this process has on our search for “the cure”. This is the Great Covid Heist, and it’s a wild ride.
Episode Air Date: 4th April, 2021.
#pandemics #covid19 #coronavirus #globalpandemic #spikeprotein #ace2 #tmprss2 #who #nih #nhs #cdc #receptormediatedfusion