Boy howdy, if this were the sort of podcast that had separate seasons, this episode sure would be the start of a new one! But it isn’t, so it’s not. Instead, enjoy two timely takes on some pervasive immunity myths! If you want to eat a lime or something, that’s fine.
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Jake’s story
Lymph: https://www.scienceabc.com/pure-sciences/difference-between-blood-and-lymph.html
Lymphatic system: https://theodora.com/anatomy/the_lymphatic_system.html
Immune system overview: https://www.niaid.nih.gov/research/immune-system-overview
Refuting the myth of “immunity debt”: https://bit.ly/3wtMdra
Unraveling the logic: https://bit.ly/3kKt8hS
RSV spikes: https://www.cdc.gov/rsv/research/rsv-net/dashboard.html
Episode 107: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/107-preventative-measures
Transfer of immunity at birth: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12727640/
Recent strep throat deaths: http://bit.ly/3Dif05P
COVID before RSV: https://twitter.com/DFisman/status/1602423960246829058
COVID’s effect on immune systems: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-021-01113-x
Wyatt’s story
Linus Pauling’s vitamin C madness: https://www.vox.com/2015/1/15/7547741/vitamin-c-myth-pauling
Some of Pauling’s beliefs: http://www.paulingtherapy.com/
Cancer treatment claims: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC431183/
But actually no: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/384241/
For real, no: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25601965/
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