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<blockquote>Thought this would be a good topic. [https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/01/31/among-the-vitamin-k-anti-vaxxers/?fbclid=IwAR1a_kD-mnHFUOkiC9ZNSJbGajHvh-LSievgQJAD2P9pJ_p0kVDJcvzu3TQ New York Review of Books: Among the Vitamin K ‘Anti-Vaxxers’]<ref>[https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/01/31/among-the-vitamin-k-anti-vaxxers/?fbclid=IwAR1a_kD-mnHFUOkiC9ZNSJbGajHvh-LSievgQJAD2P9pJ_p0kVDJcvzu3TQ New York Review of Books: Among the Vitamin K ‘Anti-Vaxxers’]</ref> Didn’t know about this craziness. Mark Gregor-Pearse, Chicago </blockquote> | <blockquote>Thought this would be a good topic. [https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/01/31/among-the-vitamin-k-anti-vaxxers/?fbclid=IwAR1a_kD-mnHFUOkiC9ZNSJbGajHvh-LSievgQJAD2P9pJ_p0kVDJcvzu3TQ New York Review of Books: Among the Vitamin K ‘Anti-Vaxxers’]<ref>[https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/01/31/among-the-vitamin-k-anti-vaxxers/?fbclid=IwAR1a_kD-mnHFUOkiC9ZNSJbGajHvh-LSievgQJAD2P9pJ_p0kVDJcvzu3TQ New York Review of Books: Among the Vitamin K ‘Anti-Vaxxers’]</ref> Didn’t know about this craziness. <br> – Mark Gregor-Pearse, Chicago </blockquote> | ||
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<blockquote>'''Theme: Pandemics'''<br>'''Item #1:''' Although the flu strain that caused the 1918 pandemic was particularly virulent, it was likely secondary bacterial infections that caused most deaths, not the virus itself.<ref>[https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/196/11/1717/886065 Journal of Infectious Diseases: What Really Happened during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic? The Importance of Bacterial Secondary Infections]</ref><br>'''Item #2:''' The Bubonic Plague is still the deadliest in history, with between 75 and 200 million deaths.<ref>[https://www.mphonline.org/worst-pandemics-in-history/ MPH Online: Outbreak: 10 of the Worst Pandemics in History ]</ref><br>'''Item #3:''' There have been more cholera pandemics than any other type of organism.<ref>[https://www.historyofvaccines.org/index.php/content/articles/influenza-pandemics The History of Vaccines: Influenza Pandemics]</ref></blockquote> | |||
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| SGU Episode 767 |
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| March 21th 2020 |
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| (brief caption for the episode icon) |
| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
C: Cara Santa Maria |
J: Jay Novella |
| Quote of the Week |
What you learn from a life in science is the vastness of our ignorance. |
David Eagleman, American neuroscientist and science communicator |
| Links |
| Download Podcast |
| Show Notes |
| Forum Discussion |
Introduction[edit]
Voiceover: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
COVID-19 Update ()[edit]
"5 to 10 Years" ()[edit]
- Arsenic Based Life: National Geographic: Arsenic-Life Discovery Debunked—But "Alien" Organism Still Odd
News Items[edit]
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B:
C:
J:
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(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]
Hoarders of the Pandemic ()[edit]
- Discover Magazine: Why Coronavirus Is Turning People Into Hoarders: A Q&A on the Psychology of Pandemics[1]
Evolution of Anxiety ()[edit]
Extreme Depth of Focus Lens ()[edit]
Predicting the Present ()[edit]
- Medical Xpress: What you're seeing right now is the past, so your brain is predicting the present[4]
Who's That Noisy? ()[edit]
- Answer to last week’s Noisy: _brief_description_perhaps_with_link_
New Noisy ()[edit]
[_short_vague_description_of_Noisy]
Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups ()[edit]
Question #1: Vitamin K for Newborns ()[edit]
Thought this would be a good topic. New York Review of Books: Among the Vitamin K ‘Anti-Vaxxers’[5] Didn’t know about this craziness.
– Mark Gregor-Pearse, Chicago
Science or Fiction ()[edit]
| Answer | Item |
|---|---|
| Fiction | More cholera |
| Science | Bubonic plague |
| Science | Bacterial infections |
| Host | Result |
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| Steve | win |
| Rogue | Guess |
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Bob | Bacterial infections |
Jay | More cholera |
Cara | More cholera |
Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.
Theme: Pandemics
Item #1: Although the flu strain that caused the 1918 pandemic was particularly virulent, it was likely secondary bacterial infections that caused most deaths, not the virus itself.[6]
Item #2: The Bubonic Plague is still the deadliest in history, with between 75 and 200 million deaths.[7]
Item #3: There have been more cholera pandemics than any other type of organism.[8]
Bob's Response[edit]
Jay's Response[edit]
Cara's Response[edit]
Steve Explains Item #2[edit]
Steve Explains Item #3[edit]
Steve Explains Item #1[edit]
Skeptical Quote of the Week ()[edit]
What you learn from a life in science is the vastness of our ignorance.
– David Eagleman, American neuroscientist, author, and science communicator
Signoff/Announcements ()[edit]
S: —and until next week, this is your Skeptics' Guide to the Universe.
S: Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is produced by SGU Productions, dedicated to promoting science and critical thinking. For more information, visit us at theskepticsguide.org. Send your questions to info@theskepticsguide.org. And, if you would like to support the show and all the work that we do, go to patreon.com/SkepticsGuide and consider becoming a patron and becoming part of the SGU community. Our listeners and supporters are what make SGU possible.
Today I Learned[edit]
- Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[9]
- Fact/Description
- Fact/Description
References[edit]
- ↑ Discover Magazine: Why Coronavirus Is Turning People Into Hoarders: A Q&A on the Psychology of Pandemics
- ↑ National Geographic: Coronavirus is spreading panic. Here’s the science behind why.
- ↑ Neurologica: Extreme Depth of Focus Lens
- ↑ Medical Xpress: What you're seeing right now is the past, so your brain is predicting the present
- ↑ New York Review of Books: Among the Vitamin K ‘Anti-Vaxxers’
- ↑ Journal of Infectious Diseases: What Really Happened during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic? The Importance of Bacterial Secondary Infections
- ↑ MPH Online: Outbreak: 10 of the Worst Pandemics in History
- ↑ The History of Vaccines: Influenza Pandemics
- ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]
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