Viral

Episode 52: Truth and Merit in Science

An opinion piece in the New York Times caught our eye: A Paper That Says Science Should Be Impartial Was Rejected By Major Journals. You Can't Make This Up. by Pamela Paul. Can science be impartial and how do we address bias?

The reference article can be found here.

Other show notes:

Citation Justice: https://cccc.ncte.org/cccc/citation-justice 

References:

Abbot, D.; Bikfalvi, A.; Bleske-Rechek, A.; Bodmer, W.; Boghossian, P.; Carvalho, C.; Ciccolini, J.; Coyne, J.; Gauss, J.; Gill, P.; Jitomirskaya, S.; Jussim, L.; Krylov, A.; Loury, G.; Maroja, L.; McWhorter, J.; Moosavi, S.; Schwerdtle, P.N.; Pearl, J.; Quintanilla-Tornel, M.; III, H.S.; Schreiner, P.; Schwerdtfeger, P.; Shechtman, D.; Shifman, M.; Tanzman, J.; Trout, B.; Warshel, A.; West, J. In Defense of Merit in Science. Controversial_Ideas 2023, 3, 1.

Paul, P. (2023, May 4). A Paper That Says Science Should Be Impartial Was Rejected by Major Journals. You Can’t Make This Up. The New York Times.

Sjoding, M. W., Dickson, R. P., Iwashyna, T. J., Gay, S. E., Valley, T. Sl. (2020). Racial bias in pulse oximetry measurement. New England Journal of Medicine, 383: 2477-2478. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2029240

Obermeyer, Z., Powers, B., Vogeli, C., Mullainathan, S. (2019). Dissecting racial bias in an algorithm used to manage the health of populations. Science 366: 447-453.

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Episode 51: Anti-Fatness in Policy

Now that we've discussed anti-fatness in public health, Megan and Linsey talk about anti-fatness in our policies. 

References:

Estimating Deaths Attributable to Obesity in the United States

The obesity wars and the education of a researcher: A personal account

CDC Study Overestimated Deaths from Obesity

Yes, You Can Still Be Fired for Being Fat

State and Local Backgrounders: Soda Taxes by the Urban Institute

 

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Episode 50: Fatphobia in Public Health

Megan and Linsey talk about their personal and professional experiences with anti-fat bias and stigma. If you struggle with disordered eating, please be aware that we will be discussing this and eating disorders. 

This is the first of a series of episodes where we talk about weight discrimination, anti-fat bias, and how public health has contributed to this phenomenon.

References: 

Belly of the Beast: the Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da'Shaun L. Harrison

Maintenance Phase Podcast

Sabrina Strings

The Body is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor

Economist Article: New drugs could spell the end to the world's obesity epidemic

 

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Episode 49: Season 2 Minisode

WE'RE BACK! We have a lot of updates and news! This minisode is a trailer for the NEW season of Viral with our new co-host, Megan Albertson! Tune in for a preview of Season 2!

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Episode 48 - Where Are They Now

Your podcast feed isn't glitching - yes it really is a new episode of Viral! We are back from our collective catatonic paralysis, I mean sabbatical, I mean break. Did we miss anything important happening in public health over the past year and a half? Quinn and Linsey get real about why they've been absent, talk about where we are in the world of Covid now that 2021 is halfway over already, and reveal what might be coming up next for the show.

Episode 46 - Epidemiology and Pharmacy

Hey everyone! Linsey and Quinn are back with a two-part episode featuring a discussion with Dr. Erika Fant, clinical pharmacist, and Dr. Janice Zgibor, pharmacist and epidemiologist. We talk COVID, pharmacy, contact tracing, and more!

 

(This episode was originally recorded a few weeks ago but we held off on posting it to allow others to focus on the Black Lives Matter movement, but now that COVID is spiking again, we thought it would be a good time to get back in your ears.) 

 

Thanks for listening!

 

Episode 45 - C-Files Continued

Linsey and Quinn hop on Skype again to discuss the ongoing coronavirus crisis, compare figures from around the world, and contemplate what it means that some states are opening up while others remain closed. It gets weird.

Episode 44 - Pandemic Updates

Linsey and Quinn meet again (remotely this time) to discuss the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, including conspiracy theories and how this is affecting marginalized communities especially hard. Hang in there, everyone.

Episode 43 - Whoa We're in a Pandemic

We're back from a hiatus to bring you an episode about, you guessed it, COVID-19 or Novel Coronavirus. It only took a global pandemic for us to get our butts in gear and record again! In this episode, we talk about the virus, the public health response, and how you can help #FlattenTheCurve (and what the hell that means). Hopefully, we still have some listeners, so for those of you who are ride or die, thanks!

Sources:
Flatten the Curve: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/13/815502262/flattening-a-pandemics-curve-why-staying-home-now-can-save-lives
CDC Coronavirus Guidance: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html#spreads
WHO Coronavirus Guidance: https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses

The intro and outro music is “Take Your Medicine” by The Quick and Easy Boys. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and Google Play and sign up for our email list at www.viral-pod.com.

Episode 42 - Quinn & Linsey's Vape-tastic E-Cigarette Roundup

If you've been paying attention to anything over the past 15 years, you have probably noticed that vape pens, or e-cigarettes, have become increasingly more popular in the United States. But did you know the first prototype dates back to the 1800s? Learn about this and more as we discuss the history and current science (and controversy) regarding e-cigarettes!