Episode 816
Book Review: From Oversight To Overkill
Astral Codex Ten Podcast · Jeremiah Prophet
April 14, 202335m 48s
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Show Notes
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-from-oversight-to-overkill
I. Risks May Include AIDS, Smallpox, And DeathDr. Rob Knight studies how skin bacteria jump from person to person. In one 2009 study, meant to simulate human contact, he used a Q-tip to cotton swab first one subject's mouth (or skin), then another's, to see how many bacteria traveled over. On the consent forms, he said risks were near zero - it was the equivalent of kissing another person's hand.