The World of Warcraft Plague and COVID

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Justin McElroy

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

4.8 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

A very long time ago, in 2019, we talked about the Corrupted Blood plague, a pandemic within the World of Warcraft. How it affected the digital world was used as a model for how people might behave during an actual real-life pandemic. Well . . . we’ve got that real-life pandemic now. So how did it actually play out (and is still playing out) versus how it went in-game? Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/

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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.
0:24.0	Alright, Tommy 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	Hello everybody and welcome to Saubones. A metal tour of misguided medicine. I'm a co-host just Macri.
1:11.0	I'm Sydney Macri. Nice. I was hoping it would be you.
1:17.0	I'm sitting directly across the co-hosts on Saubones. You are my favorite.
1:23.0	Are you doing Saubones without me? Are there rogue Saubones?
1:28.0	I do three to four Saubones per week in a good week. I do three to four Saubones. I do.
1:33.0	Well, it's different regions. I find that very upsetting.
1:36.0	I forget if I'm doing American Saubones. I also do British Saubones. Don't I?
1:41.0	And then Saubones.
1:45.0	Go ahead. What other accents? Go ahead. What you got? You do some Australian for me?
1:51.0	We watch a lot of blueie. Come on. What is that noise?
1:58.0	Oh, it's so bad. That's so British.
2:03.0	That's it. That's all you get.
2:06.0	Oh, it's Saubones in Transylvania.
2:09.0	Okay. All right. There's different regions of Saubones.
2:12.0	You got a Canadian Saubones for me?
2:15.0	I'm surprised you didn't try to rename it like Dragonstan and Shark Tank.
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