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EPISODE · Nov 18, 2012 · 57 MIN

Contagion (with Alexandra Kamins)

from The Science of Fiction · host The Science of Fiction

Alexandra Kamins, a researcher at the University of Cambridge and IOZ, brings us the messy reality behind the spread of disease, everyone's favourite apocalyptic scenario. Pestilence galore! Zoonotic disease, pandemics/epidemics, fruit bats, Contagion, Outbreak, Ebola, badgers, the imposition of quarantine, (not) being a “helping-people doctor”, Good Omens and more. Tracklist Metallica – Four Horsemen Toto – Africa Peter, Paul and Mary – Leaving on a Jet Plane They Might Be Giants - Doctor Worm Colorized Marburg virus particles viewed with a transmission electron microscope by Microbe World Send feedback and comments to <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected].

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