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Can we domesticate germs? - Paul Ewald

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Evolutionary biologist Paul Ewald drags us into the sewer to discuss germs. Why are some more harmful than others? How could we make the harmful ones benign? Searching for answers, he examines a disgusting, fascinating case: diarrhea.

If you could control the evolution of virulence / evolution of harmfulness, then you should be able to control ________.

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