The Better Show
How to survive cold & flu season
Episode Summary
We talk about strategies for staying healthy during cold and flu season. We’ll talk vaccines, hygiene, immune boosting and whether ‘man-flu’ is a real thing.
Episode Notes
On this episode of The Better Show we talk about strategies for staying healthy during cold and flu season. We’ll talk vaccines, hygiene, immune boosting and whether ‘man-flu’ is a real thing.
Show Notes
- 0:51— In a selfless commitment to producing the most authentic show possible, Ian actually has a bad cold as we record this episode. :(
- 2:42— Why antibiotics don’t work on either the common cold or flu
- 4:02— The different seasonal cycles of flu season in the Northern and Southern hemispheres and theories about why the flu is seasonal at all
- 9:35— Does being cold actually make you more prone to getting a cold?
- 15:06— March offers a public service announcement to clarify once and for all the misconception of a connection between vaccines and Autism
- 19:20— Do states require flu vaccines for children attending public school?
- 21:42— March’s bout with walking pneumonia
- 35:00— What is “the man flu” anyway?
- 45:08— When is it safe to go back to work after contracting the flu?
- 47:57— Kids, aspirin, and Reye’s syndrome
- 56:00— Tips to avoid contracting or spreading the flu or a cold
- 1:14:00— Ian’s early experiments with immune-boosting mushroom supplements
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