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Mar 2020
24m 42s

Panic In The Street

Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
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It sounds like a movie plot: police discover the body of a young man who's been murdered. The body tests positive for a deadly infectious disease. Authorities trace the killing to a gang. They race to find the gang members, who may also be incubating the virus. This week on Hidden Brain, we revisit our 2016 story about disease, panic, and how a public health ... Show More
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