A short podcast about everyday risks from germs
DALL·E - A mysterious scene featuring a package full of gray powder in the foreground. In the background, a turkey appears worried, with its feathers slightly ruffled.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from receiving unexpected powder in the mail.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E - A French chef in a traditional white uniform, including a toque (chef's hat), is simultaneously cracking two eggs. In one hand the chef is cracking the egg on the side of the pan, and in the other hand they're cracking an egg on flat table… supposedly.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of breaking your eggs on something pointed versus something flat.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E - A poignant scene outdoors where a woman is giving direct mouth-to-mouth CPR to a baby rabbit. She is casually dressed without any medical equipment. Her cat looks on, ready to pounce.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of giving mouth-to-mouth CPR to a baby rabbit.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
DALL·E 2024-04-21 - Two mature men, approximately 45 and 55 years old, wearing traditional academic regalia consisting of black gowns, caps, and hoods, shaking hands.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by shaking hands.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E - A close-up image of a woman's clean hands using a vegetable peeler to peel an extremely dirty carrot safely over a kitchen sink, with minimal dirt on her hands
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of washing vegetables after peeling instead of before peeling.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E - A dark and ominous image showing a single small apple slice inside a tiny, translucent plastic bag resting on a kitchen counter.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of sending a kid to school with a cut apple that has already been to school the day before.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E 2 - An idyllic water reservoir scene depicted with a serene and peaceful environment. The lake is surrounded by lush greenery, and the water is remarkably clear but there is something shaped like a human body floating face down in the water.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking water from a reservoir that had a body in it for a month.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
Image from the video linked below
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a burger made with the bun touching the raw meat during cooking.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
DALL·E - A clear glass electric kettle is placed on a kitchen counter. Inside the kettle, water is boiling vigorously, with visible bubbles and steam rising…
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of reusing electric kettle water.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E - A clean-shaven man eating a big piece of very raw chicken. He looks very nauseous, with his eyebrows furrowed and a grimace on his face…
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating raw chicken every day.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
Don wrote a small QMRA on this topic, available here https://go.rutgers.edu/rcQMRA
DALL·E - Imagine a kitchen scene where an open refrigerator is the focal point. Inside the refrigerator, the bottom drawer is vividly filled with an assortment raw meats sitting in salty water.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of brining meat in a refrigerator drawer without secondary containment.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
I tried to get a little creative and I told DALL·E to hide the episode number 599 somewhere in the picture, but I couldn't find it. Then I asked DALL·E to indicate the number with a red arrow and this image was the result. If you can find the number in the original image, the first one to prove it to me via the contact us link gets to pick an episode topic!
DALL·E - A very old-looking refrigerator with a slightly open door. Inside, a thermometer is visible, displaying a temperature of 45°F.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of storing food in a refrigerator that keeps food at 42-45 °F.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E - An illustration of a neti pot made of ceramic, gently pouring a clear stream of water. In the foreground, a magnifying glass hovers over the stream, revealing happy little bacteria.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using a netipot with tap water.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E 20 - A piece of cheese that appears to be made entirely out of cashews, sitting on a wooden cheese board. The cheese should have an unusual and slightly unsafe look, like it contains dangerous bacteria.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of homemade cashew cheese.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
DALL·E - In this detailed scene set in the 1950s, we see a classic Chevrolet, identifiable by its distinctive design of that era, nestled into a deep snowbank, groceries in the open trunk, surrounded by temperature monitoring equipment.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from consuming groceries stored in a car trunk in the winter for about four and a half hours.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E - Imagine a quaint scene set in a dimly lit, compact dorm room featuring a small, unplugged refrigerator with its door slightly ajar. Inside are pieces of sushi.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating out of date sushi from a refrigerator that was unplugged for about seven hours.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E - A photorealistic image of a succulent piece of fish, drenched in a vibrant tomato sauce, delicately wrapped in aluminum foil, presented on a pristine plate with Carlsbad dumplings.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by cooking with aluminum foil.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E - Imagine a scene where a young man has just emerged from submerging his head into a vat full of pickles. The moment is captured as he lifts his head, a pickle in his mouth.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating pickles from a vat that someone has dunked their head into.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E - Imagine a serene Swiss lake, reflecting the beauty of the surrounding landscape with a majestic water jet in the center. This jet is teeming with microbes.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking untreated lakewater from Switzerland.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
DALL·E Image of boiled Yukon gold potatoes in a clear glass bowl, teeming with colorful, cartoon-style bacteria.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of leaving boiled chunks of Yukon gold potatoes at room temperature overnight.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
