A meditation on the pace of science.  An investigation in fits and starts. The beginning of a controversy.
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Ep 2: The Cluster

How are medical mysteries solved? And what happens when questions remain? Patient Zero is an investigation of the spaces where people and pathogens collide. We take a deep dive in to the history – and mystery – of one of the fastest spreading epidemics of our time: Lyme disease. Learn more at www.patientzeropodcast.com.

Natural Sciences

Science & Medicine

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Is it Lyme disease, or Lyme's disease? Can humans take the canine Lyme vaccine? Does everybody infected with Lyme also get co-infections? These are some of the listener questions we attempt to answer in this Bonus episode. It's the Lyme AMA!

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BONUS: Lyme AMA (Ask Me Anything)

The earliest known case of Lyme disease? Or the problem with correcting the
record?

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BONUS: Patient Otzi

The origin of ulcers. The rise and fall of a medical recommendation.
Certainty and science.

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BONUS: Horses & Zebras

Society inadvertently engineers an epidemic. Scientists debate whether or not to engineer a solution.
 
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EP 7: The Reservoir

An ambiguous case with no easy answers. Another growing epidemic, and an ethics question that might help explain Lymeworld. 
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Ep 2: The Cluster

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