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Cholera kills within hours, costs cents to treat, and has been understood for 170 years — so why is it still spreading? This episode unpacks the two very different numbers hiding behind "cholera is a disease of inadequate sanitation": the case count and the sanitation access count. From Vibrio cholerae's silent carriers to rice-water stool, from John Snow's Broad Street pump to the vaccine rationing that forced single-dose regimens for years, we trace how conflict, drought, and under-reporting keep a preventable disease in circulation. The reported figures, it turns out, are a floor — not a total. Episode #983624 — open it directly at myweirdprompts.com/983624