Dylan got malaria on purpose

Unexplainable

Vox

Life Sciences, Science, Natural Sciences

4.5 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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And why he thinks you should too. Guest: Dylan Matthews, senior correspondent at Vox’s Future Perfect This episode was made in partnership with Vox’s Future Perfect team. For show transcripts, go to vox.com/unxtranscripts For more, go to vox.com/unexplainable And please email us! [email protected] We read every email. Support Unexplainable by becoming a Vox Member today: vox.com/members Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:48.1	One day, last spring, my colleague Dylan Matthews drove out to the University of Maryland
0:52.7	and made his way to a biosafety level two lab there.
0:57.0	Which sounds very fancy and whatever.
0:58.6	It's not like that at all.
0:59.8	Therno has mat suits or anything.
1:01.9	It's just like some plastic folding tables and some metal folding chairs.
1:08.0	Basically like an ordinary doctor's waiting room. So Dylan's sitting there
1:12.3	with a bunch of other volunteers waiting. And eventually a nurse comes in with these cardboard tubes
1:19.9	that are about the size of a peanut butter jar. And each one of those has a bunch of mosquitoes in it.
1:26.8	Mosquitoes carrying malaria.
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