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Feb 26, 2026 25 min

S1E9 Patient Zero

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First I talk about upcoming plans for vacations and trying to get into better shape. Then I dive into the history of Gaétan Dugas and his mislabeling as Patient Zero. Sources: https://whyy.org/segments/how-the-myth-of-patient-zero-was-made/# https://youtu.be/JamdVea2_wE?si=Y3jXBrQ8HOSPy0wq https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaëtan_Dugas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Shilts# https://xtramagazine.com/power/gaetan-dugas-and-the-aids-mary-myth-17259# https://hivinfo.nih.gov/understanding-hiv/fact-sheets/stages-hiv-infection https://www.npr.org/transcripts/498876985# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_HIV/AIDS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Shilts Music Attribution: "Tyrant" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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