SGU Episode 234

NOTE: This is a special episode about the H1N1 Swine Flu and its vaccine. Don't be confused by the numbering; Steve had to change the episode to #234 to, "Keep it from appearing at the top of the RSS feed."

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SGU Episode 234
November 15th 2009
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SGU 233                      SGU 235
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
Guests
DG: David Gorski
MC: Mark Crislip
JA: Joe Albeitz
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Introduction

Voiceover: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.

S: Good evening. This is Steven Novella, the host of the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, and this is a special episode about the H1N1 or Swine Flu, and the vaccine. For this episode, I am joined by several of my colleagues from Science-Based Medicine. So, joining me for this episode are David Gorski…

DG: Hello.

S: Mark Crislip…

MC: Hello!

S: …and Joe Albeitz.

JA: Hi there.

H1N1 Pandemic Update

S: Joe, we’re going to start by talking a little bit about the flu itself, influenza; a little bit of quick background on influenza; and, specifically, what we should be expecting this season with the flu.

Influenza Background (0:50)

JA: Sure. So influenza is nothing new. It’s a virus that we see every single year, and, on average, in the normal flu season, we’ve got about 5-20% of the population that gets infected, about 200,000 people [are] hospitalized, and about 30,000 people in the U.S. are killed from influenza and pneumonia subsequent to influenza.

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Signoff (45:13)

S: This has been a special episode of the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe. I’d like to thank my colleagues at the Science-Based Medicine blog, Dave, Mark, and Joe, for joining me for this special report on the H1N1 Pandemic. You can read our writings on this topic and other topics of science and medicine at www.sciencebasedmedicine.org. You can also listen to Mark Crislip on his podcast, Quackcast. I also contribute on similar topics to my personal blog, Neurologica, which you can find through the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe homepage, as well as through the Science-Based Medicine page.

Thanks for joining us for this special episode, and we’ll catch you next time at the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe.

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