In 1999, the world braced for the Y2K computer bug. But in New York City, a biological bug, a mysterious virus causing fever, brain inflammation, and paralysis arrived. After Dr. Deborah Asnis reported a patient with unusual and severe symptoms to the NYC public health department, Dr. Marci Layton listened, recognized that the case was unusual, and then spearheaded the investigation. At the time, West Nile Virus was endemic in Africa and parts of Europe but had never been identified in the Western Hemisphere. Dr. Layton persisted through skepticism from experts to activate the necessary public health mechanisms to identify the virus causing the outbreak.
“Frolicking with Birds” outro music courtesy of Duo Yumeno, https://duoyumeno.com/
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