Episode 80 - Viral Summer News

Brad is solo this month and digging into his favorite topic...infectious disease! There is a report of possible 'herd safety' for COVID-19, a debate on the transmission route for monkeypox (is it sexually transmitted or just transmitted during sex and why that matters), plus a few interesting tidbits regarding hemorrhagic fevers Ebola and Marburg virus.

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Sources for this episode:

Are we approaching 'herd safety' with COVID-19? - MedPage Today

We can fight monkeypox without homophobia or hysteria - NY Times

Sex between men, not skin contact, is fueling monkeypox, new research suggests - NBC News

The classification of monkeypox should include its STI status - MedPage Today

Infectious disease alerts and reports - International Society of Infectious Diseases

Music by Matt Walkey and Freak Motif