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The disease podcast for a diseased world! Hosts: Brett Bayles (a professor) & Andy Pupa (not a professor) gleefully explore the weird and wacky world of diseases on a changing planet.

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Smallpox: Mummies and Doomsday Preppers

November 18, 2019 • Brett Bayles Professor /Andy Pupa stand up comic • Episode 2

Gone, but not forgotten! On this episode of Viral Load, Andy and Brett explore smallpox - the first disease in humans to be kicked off the planet. From mummies to the always sane world of doomsday preppers, this episode will be sure to make you second guess that next mosquito bite!

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