03.23.20. Outbreak: The Disease Detectives

<p>On this edition of <em>The Micah Hanks Program</em>, after news and listener emails pertaining to strange things in our skies, we have an odd question about pandemics in mind: how are outbreaks like UFO flaps, and why do some similarities exist between the two?</p> <p>To look at these questions, and how science applies to both scenarios, we are joined by retired epidemiologist Thomas Glass, Ph.D., an expert on outbreaks whose Ph.D. in medical sociology was obtained at Duke University. Over the last three decades, Glass has held faculty positions in epidemiology at Yale, Harvard and Johns Hopkins. Dr. Glass joins us both to share his interest in the building current interest in the UFO topic, as well as to lend his expertise with regard to the current coronavirus pandemic situation. With so much news building on public concerns about the coronavirus, Dr. Glass brings an informed message of hope--not hype--that presents both an engaging and interesting discussion of the current global pandemic situation. </p> <p>When an outbreak occurs, how do viruses spread, and what kinds of factors do epidemiologists watch for as the situation unfolds? And why are there similarities between how an epidemiologist investigates and outbreak, and how UFO researchers investigate some sightings reports? We look at all of these questions, and more on this week's edition of <em>The Micah Hanks </em><em>Program. </em></p> <p><strong>Enjoy <em>The Micah Hanks Program</em>? <a href= "https://www.micahhanks.com/shows/">Check out Micah's other podcasts here</a>. </strong></p> <p>Below are links to stories and other content featured in this episode:</p> <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.sciencealert.com/lost-fragment-of-ancient-continent-discovered-under-remote-canadian-island"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The Fragment of an Ancient Lost Continent Has Been Discovered Off The Coast of Canada</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/astronaut-coronavirus-isolation_n_5e784518c5b63c3b649313bf"> <s