Epidemiology (DISEASES) with 'This Podcast Will Kill You's' Erins Welsh & Allmann-Updyke

TWO epidemiologists-named-Erin -- and hosts of the stellar This Podcast Will Kill You -- chat with Alie about historical horror stories, THE plague, cholera cocktails, flu shots, tick bombs, milkmaids, witch trials and more as they share their infectious enthusiasm for disease ecology. How much should you wash your hands? What's the best way to flirt with a stranger on a bus? Why are people scared of vaccines? What conspiracy theory enthralls Alie? So many questions with uncomfy, but fascinating, answers.

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Where have you been all my life?

I am new to podcasts and thought Ologies looked interesting so I took a listen to a few of the older episodes today. I. Love. It. I just finished DISEASES with the Erins, and thought: Wow, spot on! Then I realized it was released in 2019, BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. Do they win a prize for predicting that whole shitshow? I think they should get a prize. I’m going to binge-listen to everything starting from the beginning, Keep up the stupid (not stupid) questions that all of us want to ask. Also, you are hilarious.