212. Food With a Bite Out of It

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating food with a bite out of it.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 *

• Officer who accused McDonald's workers of taking a bite of his sandwich 'forgot' he ate it
• 106. Sharing Dessert — Risky or Not?
• Detection of Norovirus in Saliva Samples from Acute Gastroenteritis Cases and Asymptomatic Subjects: Association with Age and Higher Shedding in Stool - PubMed
• 134. Blowing Out Candles on a Birthday Cake — Risky or Not?
• Chief Wiggum - Wikipedia

193. Undercooked Meat With a Low Level of a Pathogen Incubating in a Mouth for 12 Hours

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from having undercooked meat with a low level of a pathogen incubating in a mouth for 12 hours.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Jason Folster☣️ on Twitter: "@benjaminchapman @bugcounter Hopefully not but sure. Undercooked meat with a low level of pathogen incubating in a mouth for 12 hours. This conversation makes me want to floss IMMEDIATELY. 🤢" / Twitter
• 188. Reused Chewing Gum — Risky or Not?
• In silico analysis of the competition between Streptococcus sanguinis and Streptococcus mutans in the dental biofilm - Valdebenito - 2018 - Molecular Oral Microbiology - Wiley Online Library
• Oral Infection by Staphylococcus Aureus in Patients Affected by White Sponge Nevus: A Description of Two Cases Occurred in the Same Family
• Nosocomial Infections - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
• Opportunistic infection - Wikipedia

Bonus Content: we had to delay our recording by a couple of days because Ben blew out his voice coaching hockey. As bonus content to all our listeners I want to share this delightful clip that Ben was kind enough to record.

188. Reused Chewing Gum

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of reusing chewing gum.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?) - Wikipedia)
• • U.S.: consumption of chewing gum / bubble gum 2020 | Statista
• E: Water Activity Values of Select Food Ingredients and Products - Water Activity in Foods - Wiley Online Library
• Staphylococci in the oral flora of healthy children and those receiving treatment for malignant disease
• The wasted chewing gum bacteriome - PubMed
• Quantification and qualification of bacteria trapped in chewed gum - PubMed
• Gum Wall - Wikipedia