GoingViral_thepodcast

Viruses, vaccines and the science of pandemics
Host @honigsbaum - Producer @Melissafitzg 🎙️ link 👇

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With so many humanitarian crises in the world it sometimes feels as if we're drowning in tears. But imagine a pandemic where tears transmitted like a virus? Would the wave of crying enhance our empathy for others or would it deepen our own grief?

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[GoingViral_thepodcast @GoingViral_pod]

With so many humanitarian crises in the world it sometimes feels as if we're drowning in tears. But imagine a pandemic where tears transmitted like a virus? Would the wave of crying enhance our empathy for others or would it deepen our own grief?

https://t.co/yCQRYJrhkw...

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How a dietary shift in #chimpanzees triggered by the global demand for tobacco and cuts to #virus surveillance programmes triggered a deadly outbreak of #Marburg - a #pandemic scenario.

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Forget talk of "the China virus" and a "lab leak". Bats –and the trade in wild animals – are a far more likely source of the Covid pandemic.

Today, I write about the natural origin theory and sketch scenarios of how the virus could have got to Wuhan.

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“A shadow passed over us and hundreds of thousands of people felt the sudden and unexpected loss of loved ones.” – Michael Rosen.

The Long Shadow of Covid-19
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@MichaelRosenYes

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1/Following Trump’s decision to slash 1,200 jobs at the National Institues of Health, I am reissuing my podcast series on the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. In particular, I urge you to listen to ‘Resurrecting the Killer’ in which I visit the NIH and speak to Jeffrey Taubenberger..

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3/.. an insight that could provide vital to understanding the threat posed by H5N1 bird flu today and preventing other influenza pandemics.

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[Jim Reed @jim_reed]

Powerful testimony at #covidinquiry this PM. John Sullivan's daughter Susan, 56, had Down's syndrome. She was admitted to hospital just after first lockdown with Covid and died. Medical notes said: "Intensive care denied in view of Down's syndrome and cardiac co-morbidities."

[Mark Honigsbaum @honigsbaum]

If you watch one thing from @covidinquiryuk this week, watch John Sullivan describing how his Down's Syndrome daughter was denied access to ITU after being deemed 'not for resuscitation'.

"They gave her a bed to die in. End of"

Full background here: https://t.co/KFXun3Xcav

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New today 🚨 https://t.co/Xxr6t82EwR @Tony_Robinson @wallcurator @EnglishHeritage

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NEW TODAY 🚨 Building The Wall: An Enthusiast’s Guide to HADRIAN’S WALL

@Tony_Robinson is joined by Prof. Richard Hingley and Collections Curator for Hadrian's Wall at English Heritage @EnglishHeritage Dr. Frances McIntosh @wallcurator to discuss …

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[Royal Society for Public Health @R_S_P_H]

The RSPH's 19th-century origins were rooted in disease prevention. In 2024, it is deeply worrying to witness the return of Victorian-era diseases.

It emphasises the urgent need for sustained investment in preventative public health policies.
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[TRAPPED: The IPP Prisoner Scandal @Trapped_Pod]

Last year the #Trapped team made a report for @BBCRadio4 with @1roddyRussell fighting for justice for his brother Rob serving #IPP

‘Trapped in the System’ is a moving, personal account of this ‘stain’ on our justice system.

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[TRAPPED: The IPP Prisoner Scandal @Trapped_Pod]

Former prisons chief blasts ‘panicky’ response to overcrowding:

“If the government would do something rather more energetic to expedite the release of #IPP prisoners who are over tariff that would have a big impact on the prison population quite quickly,” https://t.co/US9yCzmEVC

[TRAPPED: The IPP Prisoner Scandal @Trapped_Pod]

Tommy Nicol was serving an #IPP and when his tariff expired and he wasn’t released from prison, he took his life. Tommy is just one of many: 81 #IPP prisoners have now taken their lives

@SamanthaAsumadu investigates the human stories behind the stats

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3/ And here: https://t.co/D1IAMqrXFO

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2/ Luckily, we spoke to Susan's parents John and Ida for Lady Hallett. You can catch their moving story about their daughter and their investigation into her death on our podcast, here: https://t.co/V7yjoIOUuU