Ep 1 Influenza Will Kill You

10/31/17 • 56 min

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In Episode 1 we're talking all things flu, just in time for the start of flu season! We'll dive into the 1918 influenza pandemic that killed literally millions of people, then talk about the state of influenza in the world today, and tell you everything you need to know about how the flu virus works.

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This Podcast Will Kill You - Ep 1 Influenza Will Kill You

Transcript

Speaker 100:00:04.559

Hi, and welcome to this podcast Will Kill You. I'm Erin and I'm also Erin. Thanks for joining us.

Speaker 200:00:12.599

Thanks for tuning in. This is our very first episode. Why are we here, Erin, Well, we just really like talking about infectious diseases and we decided to start this podcast as an outlet to talk about them more.

Speaker 100:00:27.079

And we are graduate students cur