Welcome to another edition of Ounce of Prevention!
I had so much fun with this episode, and I think you'll have a lot of fun listening.
We talk about bats. We talk about sexually transmitted illnesses. We talk about Ebola virus - which to me is one of the scariest things on the planet.
Kate Gardner, the epidemiologist with the Reno County Health Department came into the studio to share with us her work recording, tracking, and educating us about communicable diseases.
This is really important work that a lot of us never see up close - but we're glad it's happening when a restaurant is serving bad chicken or when some random petting zoo in North Carolina is a suspected source of a massive rabies outbreak.
By the way, if you ever wake up with a bat in your house, just assume that you need to go get treated for rabies. It probably got you while you're asleep.
I'm excited for you to hear this episode. It's as fun as it is informative - and I think you'll walk away with a better understanding of the work that happens at your local health department.