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🗓️ 4 October 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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On this week’s episode of the pod, we’re coming to you with a hygiene roundup! That’s right, we address some of the most common questions we get about hygiene, and talk about the science or lack thereof behind them. We talk about frequency of cleaning bedsheets, changing towels after bathing/showering, and how often you should change your toothbrush! We also discuss the dirty truth about kitchen sponges, cleaning water bottles, face washing, and hand washing. We wrap up with a discussion on some of the dos and don’ts of food preparation. You don’t want to miss this very informative and practical episode of the pod! Interested in advertising with us? Please reach out to advertising@airwavemedia.com, with “Unbiased Science” in the subject line. PLEASE NOTE: The discussion and information provided in this podcast are for general educational, scientific, and informational purposes only and are not intended as, and should not be treated as, medical or other professional advice for any particular individual or individuals. Every person and medical issue is different, and diagnosis and treatment requires consideration of specific facts often unique to the individual. As such, the information contained in this podcast should not be used as a substitute for consultation with and/or treatment by a doctor or other medical professional. If you are experiencing any medical issue or have any medical concern, you should consult with a doctor or other medical professional. Further, due to the inherent limitations of a podcast such as this as well as ongoing scientific developments, we do not guarantee the completeness or accuracy of the information or analysis provided in this podcast, although, of course we always endeavor to provide comprehensive information and analysis. In no event may Unbiased Science or any of the participants in this podcast be held liable to the listener or anyone else for any decision allegedly made or action allegedly taken or not taken allegedly in reliance on the discussion or information in this podcast or for any damages allegedly resulting from such reliance. The information provided herein do not represent the views of our employers.

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:19.7	Welcome to Unbiased Science, where we bring scientific method to the madness.
0:25.6	We're your hosts, Dr. Jessica Steyer.
0:27.6	And Dr. Andrea Love.
0:29.6	And today, we are coming to you with a hygiene roundup.
0:35.6	So we get so many questions asking about just day-to-day hygiene issues,
0:41.6	what we should and shouldn't be doing. So we are going to dig into the science, or lack thereof,
0:47.5	into a bunch of hygiene-related topics. So just really briefly, and Andrea, I am quite sure
0:53.4	you have a lot to say about this, you know,
0:55.1	from an infectious disease perspective, but just thinking back to the different eras of epidemiology
1:00.9	and how our understanding of germ theory and how, you know, how we get sick and what makes us
1:07.3	sick and how the implementation of certain public health laws and policies like
1:12.3	sanitation and things like that, how we saw a marked improvement in public health. We know,
1:18.6	obviously, that hygiene is super important. Would you agree? Absolutely. Yeah. And we know that
1:24.2	there are, you know, as our understanding of the biological world has evolved,
1:30.6	the theories or the beliefs that kind of underpin certain hygiene practices or certain practices
1:37.2	that people thought were related to hygiene. And in reality, we're not. That has certainly
1:42.3	evolved over several centuries. Well, and also, and I know we're going to that has certainly evolved over several centuries.
1:44.7	Well, and also, and I know we're going to get into this, I think there are a lot of holdovers, right?
1:49.7	So like the way that things were done and they were done a certain way for a particular reason,
1:54.6	we're still doing certain things.
1:57.2	And I know I'm speaking vaguely right now, but we'll get into it, that maybe aren't
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