The TWiM team explains how breathing can transmit SARS-CoV-2, and how lack of breathing leads to loss of mitochondria in a multicellular parasitic animal.

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Links for this episode:

• Reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (Science)
• Why social distancing is important (NY Times)
• Parasite without mitochondria (PNAS)
• Letters read on TWiM 218

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