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1013 Bug Warfare: The Secret History of the CDC

Season 10, Ep. 13

 In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh continue discussing the secret history of the cdc begun in the previous episode! Along the way they cover the office of malaria control in war areas, atabrine, bloodthirsty anne, how Atlanta was chosen as headquarters, endemic eradication, CDC name changes, interdepartmental rivalry, the memo that changed everything, biological warfare, bug warfare, unit 731, operation big itch, big buzz, and more! so sit back and relax as we elaborate on the surprising history of our disease control headquarters!


Further Reading

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1446661/pdf/11344879.pdf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1448518/

https://web.archive.org/web/20070611071747/http://www.wood.army.mil/chmdsd/pdfs/Jul-Dec%202005/Kirby.pdf


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