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== Science or Fiction <small>()</small> ==
== Science or Fiction <small>()</small> ==
''Voiceover: It's time for Science or Fiction.''
<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
March 21th 2020
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SGU 766                      SGU 768

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
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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]

News Items[edit]

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]

Hoarders of the Pandemic ()[edit]

Evolution of Anxiety ()[edit]

Extreme Depth of Focus Lens ()[edit]

Predicting the Present ()[edit]

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
Steve win
Rogue Guess
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]

  1. ↑ Discover Magazine: Why Coronavirus Is Turning People Into Hoarders: A Q&A on the Psychology of Pandemics
  2. ↑ National Geographic: Coronavirus is spreading panic. Here’s the science behind why.
  3. ↑ Neurologica: Extreme Depth of Focus Lens
  4. ↑ Medical Xpress: What you're seeing right now is the past, so your brain is predicting the present
  5. ↑ New York Review of Books: Among the Vitamin K ‘Anti-Vaxxers’
  6. ↑ Journal of Infectious Diseases: What Really Happened during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic? The Importance of Bacterial Secondary Infections
  7. ↑ MPH Online: Outbreak: 10 of the Worst Pandemics in History
  8. ↑ The History of Vaccines: Influenza Pandemics
  9. ↑ [url_for_TIL publication: title]

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