Episode 172 – Lymph Bizkit

Superduperstitious

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: [e-mail]

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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