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References 1.        Chin J. CDC warns about likely COVID‑19 surge in summer. Taipei Times. July 15, 2026. Accessed July 15, 2026. https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2026/07/15/2003860776 2.       Institut National de Santé Publique. SitRep N°060/MVB — 13 July 2026. Published July 14, 2026. Accessed July 15, 2026. https://insp.cd/sitrep-n060-mvb-13-07-2026 3.       Al Jazeera Staff; AFP; AP; Reuters. WHO warns DR Congo Ebola outbreak may be double the official tally. Yahoo News. Published July 14, 2026. Accessed July 15, 2026. https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/warns-dr-congo-ebola-outbreak-130734863.html 4.       Al Jazeera Staff; AFP; AP; Reuters. WHO warns DR Congo Ebola outbreak may be double the official tally. MSN News. Published July 14, 2026. Accessed July 15, 2026. https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/who-warns-dr-congo-ebola-outbreak-may-be-double-the-official-tally/ar-AA27T2vZ 5.       Soucheray S. Cambodia confirms human H5N1 avian flu case as H5N1 hits more Utah egg farms. CIDRAP (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy). Published July 16, 2026. Accessed July 17, 2026. https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/cambodia-confirms-human-h5n1-avian-flu-case-h5n1-hits-more-utah-egg-farms. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus: Interim Recommendations for Prevention, Monitoring, and Public Health Investigations. Published December 26, 2024. Accessed July 15, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/prevention/hpai-interim-recommendations.html 6.      Mole B. US continues to shun Ebola-infected citizens; second American sent to Germany. Ars Technica. Published July 13, 2026. Accessed July 17, 2026. https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/07/us-continues-to-shun-ebola-infected-citizens-second-american-sent-to-germany/ 7.      Robles C. Cambodia reports H5N1 bird flu in 9-month-old girl; 5th case this year. BNO News. Published July 11, 2026. Accessed July 17, 2026. https://bnonews.com/index.php/2026/07/cambodia-reports-h5n1-bird-flu-in-9-month-old-girl-5th-case-this-year/

Transcript with references: link Sounds Intro and Outro - stolen from In Search of transporter beam by Owdeo (Freesound.org) References    1.       Muniroh M, Hermawati L, Fathurrohim F, et al. Ebola virus disease: A persistent challenge in global health security. Open Vet J. 2026;16(2):768-787. doi:10.5455/OVJ.2026.v16.i2.1    2.       Matson MJ, Chertow DS, Munster VJ. Ebola Virus Disease: Uniquely Challenging Among the Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025;12(8):ofaf464. Published 2025 Aug 2. doi:10.1093/ofid/ofaf464    3.       MacNeil A, Farnon EC, Wamala J, et al. Proportion of deaths and clinical features in Bundibugyo Ebola virus infection, Uganda. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010;16(12):1969-1972. doi:10.3201/eid1612.100627    4.       Towner JS, Sealy TK, Khristova ML, et al. Newly discovered ebola virus associated with hemorrhagic fever outbreak in Uganda. PLoS Pathog. 2008;4(11):e1000212. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000212    5.       Wamala JF, Lukwago L, Malimbo M, et al. Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Associated with Novel Virus Strain, Uganda, 2007–2008. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2010;16(7):1087-1092. doi:10.3201/eid1607.091525.    6.       https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON612    7.       Umar SK, Diggle MA. The Ebola virus - going beyond the bleeding edge. J Med Microbiol. 2025;74(7):001998. doi:10.1099/jmm.0.001998    8.       France 24. France's first detected Ebola patient recovers, leaves hospital. France 24. Published July 4, 2026. Accessed July 8, 2026. https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260704-france-first-detected-ebola-patient-recovers-leaves-hospital    9.       https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS    10.  https://www.who.int/emergencies/alert-and-response    11.  Brown, K. (2004). Penicillin Man: Alexander Fleming and the Antibiotic Revolution. 320 pp. Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-3152-3.

In which I try to point out bigger problems Sounds Intro and Outro - stolen from In Search of transporter beam by Owdeo (Freesound.org) References Lindsay JA. Staphylococci: Evolving Genomes. Microbiol Spectr. 2019;7(6):10.1128/microbiolspec.gpp3-0071-2019. doi:10.1128/microbiolspec.GPP3-0071-2019 https://www.cdc.gov/healthcare-associated-infections/php/data/index.html Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Four pediatric deaths from community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus — Minnesota and North Dakota, 1997-1999. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1999;48(32):707-710. Gualandi N, Mu Y, Bamberg WM, et al. Racial Disparities in Invasive Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections, 2005-2014. Clin Infect Dis. 2018;67(8):1175-1181. doi:10.1093/cid/ciy277 Medicare Care Compare - https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/

Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Credits: Opening and closing - Lewis, W. M., & Rinder, L. (1976). Theme from In Search Of… [Television series theme music]. On In Search Of… (Original television broadcast). Native American Flute: Native American Flute Western CarlosCarty Freesound.org

Where do ideas come from? Rob describes his Big A Eureka Moment.  2025 Jeff wants to tell 2000's Jeff to suck it up and stop complaining.  We both love people who are generous with their ideas. Email: [email protected] Instagram & Bluesky: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Alcohol Jeff:  Primary: When Lava Flows by Pontoon Brewing - Sandy Springs GA Solid Rocket Booster: The Right Slice by Revision Brewing - Sparks NV Rob:  Laser Kitten IPA by Medusa Brewing, Hudson MA Reading Jeff: The Power Broker Rob: Can science comics aid lay audiences' comprehension of forensic science?  

Philatelic Science!  Rob's box of stamps generates some science ideas! Wisconsin has indicted a DNA sequence.  Jeff is suddenly bro-ing all the time. Email - [email protected] Bluesky - ‪@tracksidescience.bsky.social‬ Instagram - tracksidescience Alcohol Jeff - 1800 Tequila & Cointreau - Bing's AI tells me this is a Conintreau Margartia.  Thank god for AI Rob - GnomeGang Belgian IPA Links Macht SH. Postage stamps as a mode of transmitting bacteria. Va Med Mon (1918). 1946 Feb;73:60. PMID: 21011507. (link) Hopkins B, Williams NJ, Webb MB, Debenham PG, Jeffreys AJ. The use of minisatellite variant repeat-polymerase chain reaction (MVR-PCR) to determine the source of saliva on a used postage stamp. J Forensic Sci. 1994 Mar;39(2):526-31. PMID: 8195763. (link) https://www.totheletterdna.com/ Keepsake DNA, renamed GEnetic Legacies: https://geneticlegacies.com/ Affinity-DNA: https://www.affinity-dna.com/ Dudás E, Csany M, Galambos A, Vágó-Zalán A, Pamjav H. DNA identification of relics of Blessed Stephen Sándor beatified by Pope Francis 2013. Biol Futur. 2020 Jun;71(1-2):131-136. doi: 10.1007/s42977-020-00002-y. Epub 2020 Feb 20. PMID: 34554521. (link) Bates, Claire. "Who Were My Parents—and Why Was I Left on a Hillside to Die?" BBC News, 18 Mar. 2018, www.bbc.com/news/stories-43420678 (2018) Wisconsin indicts a DNA sequence: https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/dna_from_stamp_is_used_to_indict_john_doe_suspect_for_threatening_judge  

The moronic, mean-spirited and illegal assault on US government scientists continues.

To those recently, and illegally, fired.  Contains some strong language, because that is 100% appropriate.

Episode 51 - Our Down Under connection!  In 2021 we got an email from a listener from New Zealand working in Australia as a Physics Science Communicator.  It took years to get over the shock that someone we didn't already know was actually listening to us, but we did and now he is here! Drinks  Jeff -  Folgers Rob - Austin Eastciders  Errol - Hop Nation Brewing   The Dish (2000) - IMDb   Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) & Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952, Archive.org)  

Remember how you waited anxiously as a kid for it to come?  Not having to go to school on that day?  Family from all over pulling into the driveway with gifts and food for the International Podcast Day celebration?  Yah, we don't either.   #internationalpodcastday Alcohol Jeff - Southern Tier Brewing Imperial Pumking Ale  Rob - Canada Dry Black Cherry Sparkling Seltzer Water   Podcasts we mentioned Deviant Criminology - https://deviantcriminology.squarespace.com Hot Shot Wake Up - https://thehotshotwakeup.substack.com/   Sounds and Music International Podcast Day 2024 promo (internationalpodcastday.com) Remixed by Jeff with: Breaks Dig It Beat by DCDJ (freesound.com) trap loop by emceeiscokid (freesound.com) Bass Drop Pitch Sweep FX by Stereo Surgeon (freesound.com)   Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) & Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952, Archive.org)  

No plan or pre-recording preparation whatsoever…the difference between dentists & endodontists… old microscopes… Rob's home office inspection… regulation of medical data.. college graduation in state prisons.. pubpeer.com… problematic paper screener … (https://www.irit.fr/~Guillaume.Cabanac/problematic-paper-screener)... Jeff's anxiety about teaching in the federal prison (update, students were nice but it was way more difficult teaching there than the state prison) RIP Vanessa, Rob's former colleague in South Dakota   Alcohol Jeff - All the Holiday Things, Wild Leap Brewing Rob - Be Hoppy Pale Ale, Wormtown Brewing   Sounds & Music All sound are from freesound.org unless otherwise noted Opening bit: Squeaky Car Door (coltures) Car Acceleration Inside Car.wav (alexftw123) City ambience with soft rain…(felix.blume) Opening a door in the city and going inside (evsecrets) engine_turn_signal_subaru_forester_1989. (mario1298) G13-46-Abrupt Car Stop.wav(craigsmith) Footsteps on tiled bathroom (brandonb1111) service_elavator.mp3 by morgantj Car Explosion w Debris.mp3 by PNMCarrieRailfan  

We relive the highs and lows of graduate school through a spot-on video game. PhD Simulator - A Text-Based Game by Mianzhi Wang (wmz.ninja) Email: [email protected] Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Alcohol Jeff - Dekalb County's fine tap water Rob - Shark Jumper IPA Night Shift Brewing Sounds & Music Front Bumper - combination of: A rapper in trouble - after he made a bad joke! by fmceretta  (freesound.org) Team Masaka - Sad Moan - by TeamMasaka (freesound.org) Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) & Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952, Archive.org)  

Episode 47 - What connects you to science? Rob's a conference guy, he likes interacting with people.  Jeff's a reading-papers-in-a-quiet-house kind of guy. Rob likes the cutting edge while Jeff gravitates towards the arcane.  Rob's beer is bigger than Jeff's. Email: [email protected] Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Alcohol Rob - Flemington Fog Juicy Hazy India Pale IPA, Flemington NJ  Jeff - Fluffiest Otter Stout, Sandy Springs GA Sounds & Music  Matrix_RetroError ThatJeffCarter_electro-magnetic-interference Dangerbabe_Android-keypad-dialing Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) & Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952, Archive.org)  

Is it a Promethean kind of thing?  An end of the world thing?  It's definitely a protecting people with Fecal Incontinence kind of thing.  It's definitely not able to cite it's sources. Email: [email protected] Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Alcohol Rob - Be Hoppy Indian Pale Ale Wormtown Brewery Worcester, Mass Jeff - Gates of Smordor Stout Westbrook Brewing Mount Pleasant South Carolina Sounds & Music Spike Jones - The Tennessee Waltz Pastabra - Squeaky office chair MATRIXXX - Door, Closing.wav Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) & Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952, Archive.org)  

Should we pay scientists to speak? What do people in prison think about paid experts?  Is the United Federation of Planets communist?  Does getting paid fat stax help your work/life balance? Email: [email protected]      Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Alcohol Jeff - Dragon's Milk Rob - Fifty Million Dollar Man Double IPA Sounds & Music InspectorJ - door-front-opening, Letsmakemuffins - footsteps echo hall, SpaceJoe Coins Drop - 8, Johnnie_Holiday FX Mario Coin (JH),Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) & Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952, Archive.org)  

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In August of 2022 we had special guest Dr. Peter Haugen on to talk about work identity.  By the end, we are just sappy Dads who miss our kids being little. Email: [email protected] Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Alcohol Dr. Haugen - Gin & Tonic Rob - Equilibrium Brewing - Strata Outta the Laboratory Triple India Pale Ale JEff - Orpheus Brewing - Do or Die Chocolate Imperial Stout   Dr. Amy Wrezniewski   Sounds & Music The game show theme and creepy  church organ were straight-up lifted off Youtube pickup coin by MusicLegends Rear bumper Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org)

This one was recorded during the Spring Semester of 2021 and sat on my hard drive for a while. Email: [email protected] Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Alcohol Bearded Flannel Cat India Pale Ale - Sunken Silo Big F'in Stout - Scofflaw Sounds Effects (all from FreeSound) wanderful.flac by Timbre Light Bulb Pops.mp3 by CGEffex Wood burning in the stove by smand Digital glitch_018.wav by Alien XXX 20100320.slide.projector.wav by dobroide Projector Button Push.wav by GreekIrish Flame thrower varying power.wav by natemarler st_tos_phaser_01.wav by ironcross32 CommunicatorChirp_STTOS_recreated.wav by zimbot Rummaging through cardboard boxes by Podsburgh door opening, closing 1671067704651.mp3 by Mbytemama93 Rear bumper Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org)

Both of us have done a bit of citizen science over the years, and here are some very high-tech freely available tools that you can use too!  We are serious about our offer to show anyone how to use these, just email us at [email protected].  Enjoy! Music & Sounds Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org)   Alcohol 2018 La Crema Pinot Noir  Escape from Reality Double Hopped Pale Ale   Free Online Citizen Science Tools NCBI Virus Retraction Watch Database (about) NextStrain & NextClade Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) PromedMail Personal Genome Project Galaxy Franklin

An interview with the acclaimed geneticist Dr Robert Pyatt about a set of diseases that is coming up in acclaimed educator Dr Jeff Mahr's class.

Email: [email protected] Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience   Booze: Chocolate Moon Pie Stout, Naked River Brewing La Grange Point India Pale Ale, Flounder's Brewing   Books: The Last Stargazers, by Emily Levesque Sister, Maiden, Monster, by Lucy Snyder Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, by Steve Brusatte The Kaiju Preservation Society, by John Scalzi Bright Galaxies Dark Matter & Beyond, the Life of Vera Rubin, By Ashley Jean Yeager Broken in the Best Possible Way, Jenny Lawson Annals of the Former World, by John McPhee A Lab of One's Own, by Rita Caldwell   Sounds: Front - Class Door, Sliding (OroborosNZ) & Library Sounds (Artemis_ch) both freesound.org Rear - Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) & Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org)  

Because everyone is constantly dying.  Also,we suck at virtual rochambeau. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Rex Golliath - Cabernet Sauvignon Redrum Double Milk Stout (couldn't find the brewery) Richard Lewonton (Mar 29, 1929 – Jul 4, 2021) - Geneticist John Trojanowski (Dec 17, 1946 – Feb 8, 2022) - Neuroscientist & dedicated partner Donald Caspar (Jan 8, 1927 - Nov 27, 2021) - Structural Virologist Donald Gurnett (Apr 11, 1940 – Jan 13, 2022) - Physics, inventor of Space Plasma Wave Physics, Dad, Overall Dude -  his Plasma Detectors are >14.5 BILLION MILES from Earth and still working! How far are the Voyager probes: https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/ Academic Family Trees: https://academictree.org/   Sounds: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org)

Can two words in the title change the number of downloads of an episode?  We discuss downloads, podcast ratings and then decide to try a little experiment.  Errol, I am eternally sorry that I forgot your name!   Email: [email protected] Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience   Alcohol: Rob - Hefeweizen by Flounder Brewing  Jeff - Cafe Stout by Prohibition Brewery   Sounds: Front bumper -  Rubber duck small 1 by ermfilm, fireworks 3bursts sizzle by atomwrath (Freesound.org) Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org)

Rob hates it, Jeff loves it, and no one should publish their research in Hustler. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Alcohol: Rob - Hop Valley Bubblestash IPAwith CryoHops Jeff - Rex Goliath Cabernet Savignon Sounds: Front bumper - 8 Bit Circus Music by bone666138 (Freesound.org) Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org)

Rob & Jeff return to talk scientifically about their old man health problems.  Plus, what happened to 2021?

Episode 35 - Science Fairs (Rob hates them) This episode sat on my hard drive for a year, I apologize. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Alcohol: Neshaminy Creek Brewing Cheap Box Wine - unidentified, but I'm sure you can find some on your own   Sounds (Freesound.org): coaster 01.aiff by martian New_Recordingstatefair.mp3 by fkunze Carnival and Crowd Ambiance by Ev-Dawg Polka by Triciclo Circus Band my new favorite band, they rock Spotify link here  Twitter link here  Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org)

Email: [email protected] Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience This Week in Virology (link) NERVTAG paper (link) English Robot Text-to-speech engine (link)

Lou is a writer and journalist who works with the Society of Professional Journalists and gives some of the most insightful and interesting analysis of journalism today. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience   Links: Lou Harry's website (here) Society for Professional Journalism (here)   Drinks: Kroger Brand coffee (here) Blueberry Tea (here)   Sounds (Freesound.org): Running by Juandamb Office/Store Door Bell Jingle (on a string) by EpicWizard Grocery store cash register by jmayoff   Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org)

Probably not, but that shouldn't change what you are doing now. Nextstrain Twitter (here) This Week in Virology (here)

What's in the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine and why is a third of the population fatigued? Ethanol: Dragon's Milk,  New Holland (here) Eye of the Storm Sitra, Jersey Cyclone Brewing (here) 1798 Brewery Okracoke (here) Science: Pfizer FDA EUA briefing document (here) Moderna FDA EUA briefing document (here) Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (here) Sounds (from freesound.org): freight09dec.wav by Heigh-hoo  Locomotive 3 Approach Idle Exit.wav by patchen

The answer might surprise us. Pfizer FDA EUA briefing document: link Pfizer FDA EUA meeting: link Moderna FDA EUA briefing document: link Moderna FDA EUA meeting: link VAERS: link

Just a short little episode to let you know we are back.  We think. An Exploration of the Structure of Effective Apologies (link) - Paywall.... sorry?

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Wherein Rob and Jeff do an experiment to see how quickly beer and red wine will degrade vaccine knowledge. Jeff uses disabled squirrels and broken-down cars as analogies for attenuated virus vaccines. Rob tries to pin Jeff down on SARSCoV2 vaccine predictions for 2020.  Email: [email protected] Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Drinks: Peter Cellers Comic Red Wine (here) Neshamany Creek In Denial Lager (here) Links: Smithsonian's vaccine seminar series (here) New York Times Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker (here) 5-10% of health people do not respond to the HBV vaccine (here) Sounds (freesound.org): Squeaky Car Door by Coltures Parking Lot Ambient by brainwaves8 Office/Store Door Bell Jingle (on a string) by EpicWizard

Email your virus questions to [email protected] Links: This Week in Virology episode #640 (here) Abbot ID Now (here) English robot generator (here)

Here's to all the Dads out there. And their jokes   Email: [email protected] Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience   Sounds (Freesound.org) Baddum Tish - Comedy Rimshot by rodincoil Cricket Chirp by Sojan musical saw ascending UFO bu JohnsonBrandEditing

Email your virus questions to [email protected] Links: US FDA approved SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests (7/22/2020) (link) Types of tests -  Chemiluminescent Microbead Immunoassay (Youtube) Lateral flow Immunoassay (Youtube)  ELISA (Youtube) Sounds: https://lingojam.com/RobotVoiceGenerator

Email your virus questions to [email protected] Links: This Week in Virology > https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-641/ COVID-19 PCR testing > https://youtu.be/Vd38iS_W7ww Note - I didn't mention the "RT" part because… concision!  The RT step just turns the viruses RNA into DNA and then the PCR starts on THAT. Sounds: https://lingojam.com/RobotVoiceGenerator

Sydni is working on an amoeba that *farms* a bacteria!     Sydni's amazing art: SciDotArt   Email: [email protected] Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience   The Menu: Mango White Claw Peter Vella Vineyards Cab Sav Terrapin Hopsecutioner

Rob & Jeff again pick two very different movies   Southern Tier Brewing Double IPA (here) Liberty Creek Cabernet Sauvignon (here)   Osmosis Jones (IMDb)  The Satan Bug (IMDb)   sound effects Freesound.org: Night Traffic by Oneirophile Archive.org: KTLA 5 - Movie Theater - 1986 - Theme Song

Email: [email protected] Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience References: Muniesa et al Microb Biotechnol. 2011 Nov; 4(6): 725–734. Carlton et al (Loessner) 2005 Reg. Tox. & Pharm Loessner 1991 App & Env Micro Zink & Loessner 1992 App & Env Micro Sounds (all from Freesound.org) Freaky Dance Virus 02.wav by Sepal 00311 crank winch handle 1.wav by Robinhood76 Running Water by harrybates01 Car key inserted into ignition by partykus2 Homemade hydraulic hoist.aif by FPJ666 Plywood_Prying_01.wav by dheming disconcerting 0N_55mi by Setuniman Explosion by Iwiploppenisse Hope by tictac9

Episode 28 - Epidemic Movie Reviews Skeleton on Horse 1937 (link) Quarantine 2008 (link) Partners in Health (link) Alcohol: Naked Grape Cabernet Sauvignon Cloudwalker Hazy Juice IPA   Email: [email protected] Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Music: Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), Archive.org Sounds: walking by railroad track by Jeff Mahr cinemato.wav by jlozano  GE locomotive by kicknit79 drumroll.wav by adriann

Email: [email protected] Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience   Music & Sounds: Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), Archive.org STE-013 train and bell.wav by tim.kahn (Freesound.or) Darth Vader Breathing.wav by 18hiltc (Freesound.org)

Email: [email protected] Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience References Original coronavirus study: 2020 van Doremalen et al (MedRxiv link) Goldberg drum: Golberg et al. 1958 American Journal of Epidemiology (link) Ebolavirus and Goldberg drum: 2016 Fischer et al Journal of Infectious Disease (link)  

Wherein Rob and Jeff talk about the COVID-19 pandemic.  What are our students asking us?  What are we doing different? What are *our* plans if we wake up tomorrow with a fever and a cough? Are men washing their hands more or is that just observer bias? Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Global Cases Dashboard Terrapin Brewing Rex Goliath  

Email: [email protected] Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience References: 1933 Bushnell and Brandly. Laryngotracheitis in chicks. Poultry Science 1962 Kendall et al. Virus isolations from common cold occurring in a residential school. British Medical Journal 1968 Coronaviruses. Nature (November 16, vol 220) 2005 Poon et al. Identification of a novel coronavirus in bats. Journal of Virology

How serious is the nCoV-2019 outbreak?  Will it spread much outside of China? Why does Jeff think he can DIY a clinical diagnostic lab?  Why can't we drink and think?.   Email: [email protected] Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Alcohol Corona Familiar Riverhorse Hippos Hand Citrusey Double India Pale Ale Links Johns Hopkins CSSE nCoV-2019 Coronavirus Map Centers for Disease Control US case count Lancet paper with first description of transfer in China within a cluster (here) Lancet paper with first clinical description of nCoV-2019 disease symptoms (here) European CDC Jan 31 nCoV-2019 risk assessment (here) Bat's tolerating viruses (here) Music Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), Archive.org

Applying for jobs is a job. Good jobs go bad.  Sometimes you need a priest.  Bosses can turn into committees. Sometimes you need a marriage therapist. Clinical genetics positions are changing. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Sounds: Evening Birds2 - Robins 03-30-2016.mp3 by kb7clx train03_long_composition_screeching.wav by aesqe CSX locomotive on crossing Montreal Rd by JM freight_train_2.flac by Zabuhailo Music: Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), Archive.org Free science swag - details at the beginning.  Remember, there are two words in every species.

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