Germs Are Magic and Other Things We Learned From Ed Yongs New Book
b'We tend to describe our immune systems with military metaphors. Pathogens invade our bodies, knock down our defenses,\\xa0and try to kill us dead. We fight back with hand sanitizer and mild germ-related panic. Or we go nuclear and blast them with antibiotics. Ed Yong [1]\\u2019s beautiful, smart, and sometimes shocking new book I Contain Multitudes [2]: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life will make you take a deep breath.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'