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Ep 43 M-m-m-my Coronaviruses
This Podcast Will Kill You
The SARS Epidemic in Heiwan
The first official public statement about the SARS epidemic was released on January 3, 2003. At this point, there were 48 people infected and nine dead. Despite this incredibly reassuring statement, people panicked. They rushed to the pharmacy, buying all the acetaminophen and antibiotics that they could get their hands on because antibiotics are available over the counter without a prescriptionThere is no epidemic in Heiwan. And it would later be determined that the first known super spreader of SARS, nicknamed the poison king, was transferred from Zhang Shan,. where he had infected six medical personnel to Guangzhou., where he would continue to infect people.
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