185 - Pandemic: COVID-19 vs 1918 Spanish Flu

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Dan Cummins

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🗓️ 30 March 2020

⏱️ 176 minutes

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Summary

A look into what type of virus COVID-19 is and how it compares to the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.

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0:00.0	Big episode this week.
0:01.5	So much info out there about COVID-19 and pandemics
0:04.3	and social distancing and sheltering in place.
0:06.8	I thought it'd be good to try and understand some basics
0:08.9	and get a lot of info all in one place
0:11.3	for you to consume.
0:12.3	What is a virus?
0:13.4	What is the coronavirus?
0:15.0	What is COVID-19?
0:16.4	Why is the race for a vaccine important?
0:18.2	What are antiviral drugs?
0:19.9	How contagious is this new virus?
0:22.0	How deadly?
0:22.9	Why is the response to this virus so much more severe
0:25.1	than it was to SARS in 2003,
0:27.0	or to the H1N1 outbreak of 2009?
0:30.1	Why do articles about the Spanish flu of 1918 keep coming up?
0:34.2	What the hell happened in 1918?
0:37.1	Digging into all of that and so much more today here on TimeSuck,
0:40.4	I interviewed a disease expert.
0:42.1	You'll hear that.
0:43.0	I did more research than I've ever done on any topic before.
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