The inaugural broadcast of Meet Minerva, The Microbiologist. What is Microbiology? How does it relate to current events? What is infectious disease? What is nosocomial disease? Endemic vs. Epidemic The Worst Pandemics 1918 H1N1, 2009 Swine Due and 2019 CoVid-19 Hear some of our lab experiences during the CoVid crisisHow do I stay informed and focused? Testing - Rapid vs PC- What does this mean?Why the Lab is an epic-center for the hospital. Variant Strains - What does this mean?How virus' mututate Vaccines - are they safe?