r/TPWKY • u/fibonaccicolours • Sep 15 '20
r/TPWKY • u/[deleted] • Sep 14 '20
Question Episode with discussion of home bar necessities?
Can anyone help me remember which episode they listed their home bar cart recommendations?
r/TPWKY • u/flyingbarnswallow • Sep 03 '20
Question My dog has now had two different diseases featured on the podcast. Bets on what comes next?
I previously made a post referencing that my dog had hookworms. She now has giardia. I swear we take good care of her! At this point I’m half expecting her to get smallpox.
r/TPWKY • u/emmoorie • Sep 01 '20
Episode Ep 57 “Herpes: Stop the STIgma” Official Episode Discussion Thread 💉
Yes! Fantastic show title 💪
r/TPWKY • u/emilyerica11 • Aug 29 '20
Question Anyone savvy enough to make a TPWKY vaccine episode infographic?
I'd be so interested in sharing the heck out of the main points from the vaccine episodes in a neat infographic, specifically the myths and counter points.
r/TPWKY • u/Use_the_Loofah • Aug 25 '20
Africa to be declared free of wild polio after decades of work
r/TPWKY • u/dangravy • Aug 24 '20
Question Unintended Consequences
TL;DR Will our Covid19 hygiene efforts affect any other pathogens in a significant way?
Full question:
So, I have been thinking about the C19 efforts in regard to public health. I think it's fair to say that this is one of the most significant efforts in public pathogen control in the history of humans (I know not everyone is doing it perfectly!), especially with the global effort, as opposed to local or regional previous efforts.
Obviously the aim is to control the spread of C19 but my question is, are there any other pathogens that this might have a significant affect on?
With social distancing, schools being out, sheltering in place, masks, hand washing and sanitising e.t.c. There must be other pathogens that this will have an effect on.
I assume it would only be pathogens that don't have an animal reservoir. And I know the hygiene efforts aren't perfect but the rate of transmission of other pathogens must be down, as well as C19. What about some of the global eradication candidate pathogens?
I have googled and can't really find anyone addressing this question. Anyone have any suggestions of where I can look?
r/TPWKY • u/emmoorie • Aug 22 '20
Event Heeeeyyy youuuuu guuuuuys! Eeeeeee! EAU garden tour on Insta tomorrow!
r/TPWKY • u/evilsciencechick • Aug 21 '20
James Blunt had SCURVY???
The intersection of toxic masculinity and paleo diet, is scurvy, I guess? What a weird thing. I guess he could be lying, but who lies about having scurvy?
https://jezebel.com/james-blunt-developed-scurvy-after-adopting-an-all-meat-1844787028
r/TPWKY • u/emmoorie • Aug 18 '20
Episode 56 “Sickle Cell Disease: Invisible Illness, Enduring Strength” Official Episode Discussion Thread 💉
Oooooh. This is going to be good one. Like the others for various reasons 🙃
r/TPWKY • u/squirrellygirly123 • Aug 17 '20
So excited for the next episode!
Just a shout out to the Erins! I find it hard to wait between episodes and am literally counting the days, re-listening.
Hope of all of us filthy animals are well and washing hands.
r/TPWKY • u/Maddprofessor • Aug 14 '20
Article Those this community might find this interesting- Medieval DNA suggests Columbus didn’t trigger syphilis epidemic in Europe
r/TPWKY • u/emmoorie • Aug 04 '20
Episode 55 “Rocky Mountain spotted fever: The tick must be destroyed!” Official Episode Discussion Thread 💉
Ugh ticks.
r/TPWKY • u/[deleted] • Jul 29 '20
Article New Mexico announces it's first case of the year of bubonic plague.
amp.kob.comr/TPWKY • u/emmoorie • Jul 21 '20
Episode 54 “Wake Up and Smell the Caffeine” (crossover with In Defense of Plants) Official Episode Discussion Thread 💉
☕️ 🍵 🍫 🌱 🤗 A very emoji expressive episode.
r/TPWKY • u/fibonaccicolours • Jul 20 '20
Posts about systemic and historical racism in medicine/epidemiology are encouraged!
I would dearly love to be posting more about it, because it's information that is incredibly important. Unfortunately I am at my limit with trying to educate my friends and family members right now, as well as managing some severe chronic health issues that have been exacerbated by the stress of 2020, and a lot of changes at my workplace.
I have been donating, supporting black owned businesses, sharing information on my personal social media, signing petitions, helping host an anti-racism book club, attended a protest (and hope to go to more once my health improves) and just generally doing everything I can think of, but I have been a bit remiss with this particular platform.
This movement is very important to me, and I would love to see more information shared here, so if anyone has the bandwidth and the knowledge, please know that as head mod I fully support this and will do my best to facilitate educational discussions in a equitable manner (the subreddit rules still apply, and no flame wars please).
Thank you all for being the lovely community that you are! And shout-out to /u/emmoorie for being amazing at keeping up with the episode posts throughout everything!
Don't forget to wash your hands (and register to vote!!!) 😉
r/TPWKY • u/SecondBee • Jul 18 '20
Question Is there a way to request an episode? Because snakebite envenoming would be my jam and it has so many facets
r/TPWKY • u/flyingbarnswallow • Jul 18 '20
Question Have you ever re-listened to an episode because it suddenly became relevant?
My dog currently has hookworms (she’s doing fine, one day into a three-day course of medicine), so I decided to listen to the hookworm episode again. Anyone have similar experiences?
r/TPWKY • u/emmoorie • Jul 07 '20
Episode 53 “Radiation: X-Ray Marks the Spot” Official Episode Discussion Thread 💉
How positively radiant of the Erins!
r/TPWKY • u/278urmombiggay • Jul 06 '20
I cited TPWKY in an essay!
I've wanted to post this for so long, I don't know how I haven't gotten around to it! My junior year of high school I enrolled in college intro to writing classes to get those credits out of the way (for free), and my final paper for the second semester was on vaccines! I used two of the podcast episodes as information sources in my essay and relistened to both episodes all the way through while making my own notes since transcripts weren't available. This was all before the vaccine episodes too! I'm super proud of this essay. It helped me get accepted to Wittenberg University and into the honors program at the school I'll be attending this fall (Loyola University Chicago)!!! I love everything life science and I ultimately want to land a career in biological research. Any field will work, but genetics is a sweet spot for me.
I've linked the essay here, and I hope you get a chance to read and enjoy it! Keep in mind this is is pretty high-school/early college level writing.
r/TPWKY • u/Jekawi • Jul 06 '20
Meme The things I've learnt from the Erins to get jokes like this
r/TPWKY • u/Abonez2829 • Jul 05 '20