An in-depth analysis of James Bond’s exposure to infectious agents
We examined adherence to international travel advice during the 86 international journeys that James Bond was observed to undertake in feature films spanning 1962–2021. Scrutinizing these missions involved ∼3113 min of evening hours per author that could easily have been spent on more pressing societal issues. We uncovered above-average sexual activity, often without sufficient time for an exchange of sexual history, with a remarkably high mortality among Bond’s sexual partners (27.1; 95% confidence interval 16.4–40.3).
Original article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1477893921002167. It has sections:
1. Nightfall: sexual health
2. The man with the golden gut: food safety and infections
3. A flu to a kill: air and droplet borne diseases
4. The fly who loved me: arthropod-borne diseases
5. Dr nope: other vector borne diseases and neglected tropical diseases
6. Tomorrow in the skies: the problem of poor travel preparation
Also reviewed in Ars Technica: https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/10/you-only-live-once-epidemiologists-analyze-health-risks-in-all-the-james-bond-films/.
Funding
There was no specific funding for this project. Given the futility of its academic value, this is deemed entirely appropriate by all authors.
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