Mar 17 2020 13 mins 4
So you've been hearing about this coronavirus thing?
What's COVID-19 all about, where did it come from, and where's it going? (Hint: Blame the bats.)
This intro episode talks about the origins, symptoms, contagiousness and current cases. All facts presented are based on latest information, sourced from reputable publications or research.
Future episodes will cover the best ways to reduce potential infections; which products that you should be stocking up on, instead of toilet paper; the economic toll, and coming recessionary fallout; the social, psychological costs; and how to make a delicious soup with the stuff you probably still have in your fridge after a fourteen day quarantine.
Intro music "Apocalypse, Please" by Gumbel from A Dying Paradise and "Surf Party Apocalypse" by Paint Fumes -- who are currently stuck in Europe on tour and are having to cancel shows.
Sources:
* "The species Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus: classifying 2019-nCoV and naming it SARS-CoV-2", Nature Microbiology, 2 March 2020 (Published on Nature.com)
* "Coronavirus: What is 'flattening the curve,' and will it work?" (LiveScience.com)
* "Clinical course and risk factors for mortality of adult inpatients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a retrospective cohort study", The Lancet. 11 March 2020.
* "Coronavirus outbreak raises question: Why are bat viruses so deadly?" (ScienceDaily.com)
* Worldmeter Coronavirus Outbreak
* Life Care Center of Kirkland
* Coronavirus site from the Oklahoma State Department of Health
