Podcast 73. Nikunu Yunupingu and Richard Trudgen discuss the Coronavirus including when it started, how it spreads, how long it lasts, and that there is no immunisation at this time.
Djiniyini Gondarra and Richard Trudgen discuss why Balanda are so frightened of COVID-19. It looks at the history of plagues and hygiene in Europe and the discovery of germs.
Richard Trudgen and Djiniyini Gondarra are joined by Dr Kerry Mills to continue the conversation about how coronavirus can be floating in little droplets of mucus in the air. Djiniyini asks, “How do these viruses enter the body”?
Maratja Dhamarrandji, Nikunu Yunupingu and Richard Trudgen discuss where the Coronavirus comes from. They talk about how it came from China and was transferred from bats to humans.
Richard Trudgen and Djiniyini Gondarra discuss how lots of men are dying from COVID-19. Dr Mills tells the story about how, in China, most of the people who died from the virus were men.
Djiniyini Gondarra and Richard Trudgen discuss different Coronavirus issues, such as why is Arnhem Land a restricted area, how long will the virus last, and the meaning of term 'second wave'.
More about Chronic Disease. Yolngu questioned, "Can sugar make us rerri sick? What is the name of these rerri sickness? And what is the sugar gakal modus operandi?”
