Tuesday 6th April 11:30 am
Thelastfewepisodeshaveconsideredthedifferencebetweenavirusandabacterium;wonderedwhetheravirusisaliveornot;andlookedatourdiscoveryoftheseincrediblytinycritters.Whilemysteriessurroundingvirusesareintriguing,withoutthemwecouldn’thavebabiesoreventhink.
Tuesday 30th March 11:30 am
ThisCOVID-19pandemicisthefirstonefor102years.In1918-1920wehadaninfluenzapandemic,whichwenowrefertoastheSpanishFlu.Backthenwedidn’tknowaboutathingcalleda‘virus’,soin1918no-oneknewwhatwaskillingpeople.Butwedidknowaboutgerms.