Ep 16 Scratch and Sniff Diphtheria Membrane
Podcast: This Podcast Will Kill YouPublished On: Mon Dec 24 2018
Description: This episode is so good that we’re putting it out a full day early. Pour yourself a quarantini and cozy up with us as we tell you a story of a bacterium that slowly strangles children to death, a scientific quest that helped shape the understanding of infectious diseases, and a great dog sled race across wild and frozen lands to stop death in its tracks. The main character of this story is, you guessed it, Diphtheria. This dreaded disease still lingers, infecting children throughout the world today with its stinking pseudomembrane. But don't worry, it's not all bad news... we have a vaccine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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