Ready for A Night In? Join Tabby and Kate as they talk about history's intimate relationship with pandemics and why history keeps repeating itself every time a new illness emerges. 

Episode Guide: 

00:30 The Coronavirus spoils everyone’s fun time

01:15 SARS was a coronavirus too

02:45 History has shown us that illnesses have wreaked havoc on humanity for centuries so it is no surprise that we respond with an alarmist reaction to the onset of any pandemic that happens today

04:20 The black death really screwed us up, man…

05:00 How the plague spreads to humans 

08:00 So the plague is still around and there is actually a plague season in Madagascar from October to April 

09:00 The Spanish Flu also really screwed us up 

09:45 The Spanish Flu was actually H1N1, and yes you have heard of that 

11:25 The Swine Flu Outbreak and its Global Economic Impact 

12:30The Guardian speculates on the cost of COVID-19

14:00 History keeps repeating itself over and over and over again 

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