I'm a Doctor and I've Seen a Lot of People Die From Bola This Year, but It's Not as Likely.

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Disease can be anthromorphized a lot more enoan. And there's also something somewhat salacious about it. As you think about typhoid marriage is a case in point, where she became them personification of typhoid fever. She kind of personified the fallen woman who transmits these diseases. That's it. I's so fascinating.

In this episode, we talk to Danielle Ofri, a physician and author of "What Doctors Feel" - a book about the emotional lives of doctors and how compassion fatigue, biases, and other mental phenomena affect their decisions, their motivations, and their relationships with patients.

You'll also hear Ofri discuss emotional epidemiology, the viral-like spread of fear and other emotions that can lead to panics like those we've seen surrounding Ebola, the Swine Flu, SARS, and other illnesses.

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