Viral Load

Viral Particle: Saved by the Bell


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We know what you're thinking "2020 has been less than optimal".  Well try and find solace in the fact that you aren’t waking up today only to find yourself buried alive. 

On this particle we discuss the devastating Yellow Fever Outbreak in Savannah Georgia in 1820. As well as the possible origin of an insectoid monster that has been terrorizing West Africa for over  700 years. 
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  • https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2018/10/31/415535913/how-yellow-fever-turned-new-orleans-into-the-city-of-the-dead
  • https://genteelandbard.com/savannah-ghost-stories/2018/11/7/the-ghosts-of-colonial-park-cemetery
  • https://www.phillymag.com/news/2016/02/05/11-things-you-might-not-know-about-philly-yellow-fever-epidemic/



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Viral LoadBy Brett Bayles (a professor) / Andy Pupa (not a professor)

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