All (Washed) Hands on Deck: How to Help Yourself & Others Right Now with Dr. Mike Wells
CALLING ALL OLOGISTS: If you’re a scientist who wants to help with the COVID-19 pandemic -- boy howdy have we got an episode for you. Dr. Mike Wells, a neurobiologist at Harvard University and the Broad Institute, knows we need tests in the U.S. and is coralling all the wonderful scientists willing to pitch in. He explains how testing for the SARS CoV-2 virus works, what other countries are doing, and even the book that inspired him to pursue science. Also: if you’re feeling helpless and want to help, Patrons give dozens of ideas on how to help those around you, and where to go for resources if you need help, and how to take care of your own mental and physical well being during an uncertain time. Also the album I’m listening to too much and how much toilet paper I have left.
Scientists: sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/COVID19SciVolunteers
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A donation went to: LAFoodBank.org
More links which may be of use:
Sign the petition for nurses’ protection
Follow Dr. Michael F. Wells at Twitter.com/mfwells5
Dr. Well’s pinned tweet with form
Have extra N95 masks? Let mask-match.com know!
“The Value in Believing in Yourself” by Spencer Johnson
The incredible need for face masks
Slate article about antimalarials
Lesson plans for Brainchild on Netflix
“Did I Mention Invention?” on CW
“The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation with Mo Rocca”
Phil Torres’s “Jungle Diaries”
Veritasium videos by Derek Muller
Emily Graslie’s “The Brain Scoop”
Dr. Joe Hanson’s “It’s Okay to be Smart”
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Sound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media & Steven Ray Morris
Theme song by Nick Thorburn