Rose writes:
Seen in the NY Times comments section:
Rose Hoban, RN, MPH
Health Reporter
Founding editor – North Carolina Health News
Nicky writes:
Hi guys,
LOVE your show — you are both smart and fun to listen to. Most of all, I appreciate the timely and valuable information you share with listeners.
Question: What is your advice on choral singing? Does that advice change based on a chorus that is 80-100 voices with approximately half being over 65 years old?
Appreciate your thoughts.
Many thanks,
Nicky
Carol writes:
I watched the new “Debunk the Funk” about the ridiculous “documentary”, “The Viral Delusion”, and I thought maybe you could have a psychologist or sociologist on to discuss the following questions: WTF is wrong with people? Why would anyone make a video claiming viruses don’t cause diseases? Who’s profiting financially, and how, from anti-vax lies? How is it that so many people fall for crap like that? Are people leaving high school that poorly educated? Is it some bizarre form of resistance to authority? I can’t wrap my head around this and don’t know what should be done. I try to educate people on social media and they call me a “lemming”. It’s very frustrating not getting anywhere with them especially with all the COVID deaths and disabilities being caused by disinformation.
I got a lot out of your discussion with David Tuller. Thanks for that! That episode has gotten 7.8K views so far.
Carol
Alison writes:
I just listened to the West Nile episode, and someone wrote in saying she can’t read some of the articles you share. This is a partial solution, but the New York Times and Washington Post (and maybe others) allow paying subscribers to “gift” 10 articles a month to their friends. I’ve seen other newsletter writers use this feature to ensure their subscribers can read the articles they’re curating. The Next Draft newsletter is the first time I’ve seen this feature being used in this way. https://nextdraft.com/current/
This won’t work for the Atlantic and other publications who don’t offer the feature.
Thanks for all you do.
Alison
https://helpcenter.washingtonpost.com/hc/en-us/articles/4403823008539-How-to-use-gift-articles
Charmaine writes:
Not 7M, but more like 20M people are thought to have died globally from Covid-19: WHO raises global COVID-19 deaths to 20 million | The ICIR- Latest News, Politics, Governance, Elections, Investigation, Factcheck, Covid-19
WHO raises global COVID-19 deaths to 20 million https://www.icirnigeria.org/who-raises-global-covid-19-deaths-to-20-million/
Also, I did recently hear this figure as well on a podcast or news program. Can’t remember who, but it was a reputable source (I listen to only reputable sources).
– Charmaine
Walnut Creek, CA
Tom writes:
Henrietta Lacks family settled lawsuit:
Tom Andre
Pasadena, CA
Kathleen writes:
Here’s my pick for this week.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/insect-brains-melt-and-rewire-during-metamorphosis-20230726/
I claim perfect TWIV listener status, or maybe extra perfect TWIV listener status on three counts. I listen with pleasure to all the microbe TV podcasts. I believe I am a member of a target audience, the non-scientist (I am an artist). I am even happy to not understand what you all are talking about at times because I find the calm drone of your voices comforting.
In this increasingly terrifying world I rely on TWIV to give me a second home where grace under pressure is the norm and humans never lose their heads or their cool. Keep up the good work, we depend on it.
Sincerely,
Kathleen