In this second episode on infectious diseases, we discuss the increasing trend in zoonotic diseases, as well as the potential dangers of prion diseases.

Learn More:

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/06/888077232/u-n-predicts-rise-in-diseases-that-jump-from-animals-to-humans

https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/statements/preventing-next-pandemic-zoonotic-diseases-and-how-break-chain?_ga=2.94500693.897601755.1649284753-1612452407.1649284753

https://www.cdc.gov/prions/index.html

https://thewalrus.ca/new-brunswicks-medical-mystery/#

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1971008068001

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74Fz2OUVi_A

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2848070/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45Ke07JzdxY

https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/fatal-familial-insomnia/

https://www.cdc.gov/prions/cjd/occurrence-transmission.html

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41582-021-00488-7

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091231164747.htm

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2019/02/21/zombie-deer-disease-what-happened-people-ate-cwd-meat/2926840002/

https://www.cbpp.org/research/poverty-and-inequality/tracking-the-covid-19-economys-effects-on-food-housing-and#:~:text=The%20COVID%2D19%20pandemic%20and,unemployment%20remained%20high%20throughout%202020.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/williampesek/2021/02/26/covid-19s-24-trillion-cost-so-far-means-economics-will-never-be-the-same/?sh=333bef544844