07 October, 2020 – Episode 794 – We are Speaking… Scientifically - a podcast by Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media

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Nobel Prize Time, Squid Bot, Two Season Humans, Better Than Earth?, Dino Sense, Love Or Anxiety, COVID Update, Sneaky Turtle Eggs, Snake Colors, Inflammation & Downs, Tinnitus Shock, And Much More…

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This past week we saw a great example of the power

that science and public health care can have

over an otherwise hopeless situation

An obese 74 year old man with covid-19

on government supplied healthcare

Was taken to a non-profit hospital

Which entrusted his care to cutting edge medical science

He was treated by doctors on the federal taxpayer payroll

And survived his otherwise certain death sentence

And then… still contagious… went outside multiple times to wave to people

While we all appreciate the gesture of showing strength after an injury

The thumbs up from the injured player being carted off the football field

always puts the crowd at ease with a sense of…

He’s going to be ok

Or not, it’s really too soon to know,

but now, guilt free, we can go on enjoying

This Week in Science

Coming up next…

Let’s start with some quick science news stories…

Nobel Prize Time

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice “for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus”. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 was awarded with one half to Roger Penrose “for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity” and and the other half ...

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