Coronasode: Virology (COVID-19) with Dr. Shannon Bennett + various ologists

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

Comedy, Science, Society & Culture

4.9 • 23.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2020

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Folks, it’s a megasode. Not one, but 4 ologists. “Coronavirus” is on everyone’s lips -- and some people’s hands -- but what is it? Where did it come from? How does it spread? How dangerous is it? What should we do? Who’s most at risk? Was it biowarfare? Do bats spread it? Should you wear a mask? Can we still smooch our dogs on the face? Do we need to doomsday prep? What’s it like to live in a leper colony? Alie sits down with Dr. Shannon Bennett: a microbiologist, a molecular epidemiologist, a virologist and the Chair of Science at the California Academy Science. She is deeply informed and warm and charming and patient. All these questions will be answered and your panic will be swapped out for informed, empowered action and compassion. You will also wash your hands a lot. Whether or not you bathe in whiskey is up to you. Follow: Dr. Shannon Bennett at twitter.com/microbeexplorer and Instagram.com/microbeexplorer Listen to Chiropterology (BATS) with Dr. Merlin Tuttle Listen to Disasterology (EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT) with Dr. Samantha Montano Listen to Disinfectiology (BLEACH) with Dr. Evan Rumberger A donation went to: California Academy of Sciences Sponsor links: Kiwico.com/ologies; HelixSleep.com/ologies; AurateNewYork.com/ologies More links at alieward.com/ologies/virology 100 Humans on Netflix Transcripts & bleeped episodes at: alieward.com/ologies-extras Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: www.Patreon.com/ologies OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, pins, totes and STIIIICKERS! Follow twitter.com/ologies or instagram.com/ologies Follow twitter.com/AlieWard or instagram.com/AlieWard Sound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media & Steven Ray Morris Theme song by Nick Thorburn Support the show: http://Patreon.com/ologies

Transcript

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0:00.0	Okay, just a quick preamble, a little update.
0:03.0	Today is March 18th.
0:05.8	This was recorded just about a week ago, not that long ago at all,
0:09.6	but already go a lot of updates.
0:11.0	And I just want to let you know that I reached out to Dr. Shannon Bennett
0:14.6	and asked if she had anything else she wanted to let us know,
0:18.0	just as a quick update on this.
0:19.3	And she said, quote, daily new confirmed cases are growing in number
0:23.4	exponentially here in the US.
0:24.9	And that is in light of one of the lowest per capita testing rates worldwide
0:28.6	by country.
0:29.6	That's 26 tests per million people as of March 10th.
0:33.3	And that means that even though we all recognize that confirmed cases
0:36.7	are just the tip of the iceberg of actual infections in the US,
0:40.5	our iceberg is particularly submerged.
0:43.3	In short, it's time to take social distancing seriously and flatten the curve.
0:48.3	So this episode will tell you what you need to know about COVID-19,
0:52.2	how it spreads, how it affects the human body,
0:54.6	and why it's so important right now to isolate.
0:57.0	So if you are isolating social distancing,
1:00.4	staying in, staying out of the bars, we can do this y'all.
1:04.3	I myself haven't left the house since Thursday.
	...

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