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Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Sawbones: Influenza

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Justin McElroy

History, Comedy, Sawbones, Health & Fitness, Medical History, Medicine

4.815.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2014

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Sawbones, where Dr. Sydnee McElroy and her husband Justin McElroy take you on a whimsical tour of the dumb ways in which we've tried to fix people. This week: The greatest medical holocaust in history. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers (http://thetaxpayers.net)

Transcript

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0:00.0

Saubones is a show about medical history, and nothing the hosts say should be taken as medical advice or opinion.

0:07.0

It's for fun. Can't you just have fun for an hour and not try to diagnose your mystery boil?

0:14.0

We think you've earned it. Just sit back, relax, and enjoy a moment of distraction from that weird growth.

0:22.0

You're worth it.

0:25.0

Alright, time is about to books. One, two, one, two, three, four.

0:33.0

We came across a pharmacy with a toy and that's lost it out. We were shot through the broken glass and had ourselves a look around.

0:56.0

I'm Madison, I'm Madison, the Estelle in Macau for the mouth.

1:03.0

Hello, everybody and welcome to Saubones, I'm Merrill Tuer of Miss Guy and Medicine. I'm your co-host Justin McRoy.

1:09.0

And I'm Sydney McRoy.

1:10.0

Boy, Sydney, after a little bit of a dark episode last week about Ebola, I sure am happy to get back to something a little more chill.

1:19.0

Well, I was hoping that that episode about Ebola would calm people down.

1:24.0

Because at least in the United States, the point is that Ebola really isn't that big a deal here.

1:31.0

Right, so it's nice.

1:33.0

And I've been saying that for a while now is that Ebola sounds so scary and it's so dramatic.

1:40.0

But as far as in the United States, we really shouldn't be worrying about it.

1:47.0

The virus that's going to end the world is probably the flu.

1:51.0

So I don't know why we're all worked up about Ebola.

1:55.0

The flu?

1:56.0

Well, yeah. I mean, influenza for me is much more concerning than for me personally.

2:02.0

This is good in this country.

2:04.0

It's great. I was just starting to get calmed down about Ebola.

2:07.0

And now you're telling me that the flu is going to end humanity.

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