What is Monkeypox? With Dr. Anne Rimoin

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🗓️ 14 August 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

What is Monkeypox? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice learn essential information about the history of monkeypox, how it’s spread and how people can prevent themselves from getting it with epidemiologist Dr. Anne Rimoin.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:04.0	You're a place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:14.0	This is Star Talk.
0:17.0	You'll be the grass-ticing here, your personal astrophysicist.
0:20.0	And I got with me Chuck Knife, Chuck.
0:22.0	Hey Neil!
0:23.0	Alright, Chuck, we are overdue for a show on Monkey Box.
0:28.0	Yes.
0:29.0	We so are.
0:31.0	It's all the rage, right?
0:32.0	It's all the rage.
0:33.0	The country's gone monkey and pot's crazy, you know?
0:37.0	And so we found someone who was in high demand.
0:40.0	We're just so delighted she could spare a few moments with us.
0:43.0	Please help me welcome Professor Anne Remorning,
0:47.0	epidemiologist from UCLA, and welcome to Star Talk.
0:50.0	Thanks for having me.
0:51.0	Yeah, you're in an endowed chair there.
0:54.0	An endowed chair of infectious diseases and in public health,
0:58.0	a named Gordon Levin.
1:00.0	Is that one person or is that Gordon's law?
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