1037 Fake Diseases, Real Consequences

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh cover diseases and epidemics that were never real, but still impacted their communities in both positive and negative ways! Along the way, they cover cello scrotum, chinese restaurant syndrome, good examples of terrible science, the questionable effects of msg, world war 2 resistance biowarfare, diagnostic exams, typhoid and typhus, Italian syndrome K, a fake polish typhus epidemic, professional guides to malingering and more! So sit back and relax as we discuss the real ways lives were saved by fake disease!

Further reading

https://culture.pl/en/article/the-faked-epidemic-that-saved-hundreds-of-lives

https://www.psywarrior.com/malingering.html

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37186359/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19048800/#:~:text=In%201941%2C%20at%20Christmastime%20more,fact%2C%20an%20act%20of%20Resistance.

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