Doctor Explains Challenges of Colonising a New Planet - Science of The Expanse Part 2

So apparently, living on another planet might not be that easy, who knew?! Get a month free of BOTH CuriosityStream and Nebula at curiositystream.com/medlife with the code 'medlife' then blast off your rocket of self smartification with access to both for only $2.99 a month thereafter.
Season 4 spoilers!
00:01:44 - Agenda
00:02:27 - Adapting to surface life after a long time in low gravity
00:07:43 - Surgery in space
00:09:07 - Eye parasites
00:11:58 - Oncocidals and infection
00:13:52 - Convergent evolution and chirality
00:16:09 - Death slugs
00:16:28 - Regrowth gel
00:17:52 - Getting spaced
00:20:36 - This channel in 2019
The Expanse is the best sci fi on TV right now and goes to great lengths to get the science right. Not just the gravity thrusty physicsy stuff but the medicine too. Here are just some of the obstacles we might run into when settling the Moon, Mars or even an exoplanet.
Check out my first video on the medicine in The Expanse (spoiler-free).
• Space Doctor Analyses ...
Music: Once again NAVIKMusic very kindly allowed me to use his cover of the Expanse theme by Clinton Shorter. Take a look at his channel / @navikmusic
I know there are lots of 'Dr reacts' videos online and my friend Dr Ed Hope, Mama Doctor Jones, Annie Onishi, Dr Mike and loads more already do a great job. But I realised there's one genre missing. Sci fi. Let me know if there are other sci fi medical topics you want to see!
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Sources:
Adapting to increased g:
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...
Space surgery:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Visual problems:
eyewiki.aao.org/Spaceflight-A...)
www.intechopen.com/books/adva...
www.sciencedirect.com/science...

[@MedlifeCrisis]

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[@IrishAnonymous01]

The USA's Military budget in 2015 was 4 times the total cost of the ISS up to now.

[@ryanmilton2643]

Very very cool

[@ginnyjollykidd]

A bargain from a bargain, I'd say!

[@timezone5259]

Death slugs are arsenic based life forms so I think it will be deadly to humans

[@moses777exodus]

Thanks for sharing. Best wishes, Lord-Jesus-Christ com

[@TheVexinator]

As a Canadian who deals with both Metric and Imperial units, I appreciate the inclusion of Planck conversions.

[@matthewgoodwin8093]

As an Australian. I think anyone who works in imperial should be shot. I can afford this sentiment though as I'm further away from them than you.

[@pfefferle74]

@@matthewgoodwin8093 With a .38 for irony or with a 9mm for principle?

[@matthewgoodwin8093]

@@pfefferle74 Nine mm.

[@trulyinfamous]

I prefer light nanoseconds to be honest.

[@willy-johndejager6810]

haha matthew. i kinda agree. namibia and fucking cooking conversions

[@OnePlancheMan]

Doctors hate him, find out how this scrawny Beltalowda instantly acclimated to 1G using this one weird trick!

[@jonasgrant]

Is it protomolecule?

[@henryefry]

A belter landed on a planet, this is what happened to her heart

[@spookypineapple]

Get on it, chubbyemu!

[@ShovelChef]

John Connor, make it so! 😆

[@mgc45]

Meters to planck length lol Got my upvote

[@MidnightSt]

well... it's about as useful a unit as feet, so i see no problem there.

[@nobodyspecial7097]

As an American, I got a good laugh!

[@zodiarkful]

that was perfect haha

[@darthmortus5702]

Same, instant upvote ;)

[@matthewfrost3677]

I will remove my down vote from the video and embrace the metric system if and when they change it to dozenal base

[@kataseiko]

Can we bug Amazon to get this guy into the show? As a doctor, of course. Adam Savage got his scene over Venus..

[@MedlifeCrisis]

BUG THEM BUG THEM INCESSANTLY

[@abbaszaidi8371]

Adam Savage became part of the ring. How do they treat scientific extras on the Expanse ???

[@kataseiko]

@@abbaszaidi8371 They usually die in an interesting way. And Dr. Francis could be a belter doctor, he proved quite well that he can do their accent.

[@kataseiko]

@@Mi.i.i Just find @medcrisis on Twitter..

[@amitcohen2269]

Katana Seiko there are equity union limitations on speaking roles

[@bjornsolberg3702]

If you have never done a procedure before that also means you have never messed the procedure up before. It ABSOLUTELY instills confidence

[@MedlifeCrisis]

I like the way you think

[@walterlyzohub8112]

If I was the patient I would have said “Neither have I.”

[@KhAnubis]

Your fluency in Belter will never cease to amaze me

[@gateauxq4604]

People have created Belter creole courses on language-learning apps so you can too!

[@e1123581321345589144]

@@gateauxq4604 on which one?

[@busteraycan]

He should have used wellwala instead of inyalowda tho.

[@camerontrivett1772]

@@busteraycan I mean that still excludes the Inners

[@Jaydee-wd7wr]

@@camerontrivett1772, If I understand the language correctly there’s a subtle difference, while both are insults, inyalowda only applies to Earthers and Martians as it stems from “inner” (IE people *from* the inner planets), while wellwalla only applies to fellow belters, it roughly translates to “gravity well obsessed” (IE a traitor to the belt, someone who *wants to move to* the inner planets).

[@LerWalters]

Your first video on the Expanse was no joke what got me into the show after hearing about the care they take to be as scientifically accurate as possible. I can't thank you enough!

[@Call-me-Al]

If you liked The Martian and like more far future scifi, you will likely enjoy it:)

[@camerontrivett1772]

Aside from a couple things done to ensure ability to have a TV show of it well within artistic license it's p much only the Epstein drive and ofc the promolecule that make no sense And the pm makes no sense in Universe

[@dzonder1]

Same here

[@darkwinter6028]

So we heard you like doctoring, so we put a PhD in your MD, so you can doctor while you doctor. 😎

[@Noctua07]

The Expanse theme is one of the best ones I've seen in TV series. I almost never skip the intro when watching and it literally gave me chills when I first saw it.

[@Call-me-Al]

Give the Planetes intro a look, especially the first episode introduction scene to the whole anime. It's one hell of a way to start a show. The Valerian introduction scene is pretty adorably sentimental (though feel free to skip the actual movie unless you're very into sci-fi artwork - the plot is as thin or thinner than Avatar's). For non-scifi: the Black Sails season 1 intro theme scene. I never skipped it at least. Sets the scene and feel for the show wonderfully, and gives me the good kind of chills.

[@ansik_]

Your conversion of metric to imperial and "weak inferior bones" in children won me over. Subscribed :D

[@oldvlognewtricks]

ansik Planck length ain’t imperial. Forms its own unit system, innit?

[@MsRedNebulaPlays]

I heard chirality and immediately thought of Mass Effect - and then you promptly started talking about Mass Effect. Makes my geeky heart happy! (As if Expanse content weren't enough!)

[@Yora21]

There's a funny story about a Krogan who tried to impress his friends by drinking a liquefied Turian. "Nobody came out of it looking pretty."

[@samanthal9114]

Good luck with the PhD! The viva isn't anywhere near as scary as people make it out to be, in fact I really enjoyed mine (but maybe I am weird). Thanks for making such informative and entertaining videos, currently binge watching your channel on a Friday night while writing a research manuscript on autoimmunity

[@ontheballcity71]

The first thing my external examiner said to me was: "Congratulations, you have passed." It was remarkably unstressful after that. I echo the thanks for the channel.

[@nutlord5356]

Planck Lengths are the one and only true measurement unlike the centimeters :/ If only Plank lengths where used universally!

[@friedmule5403]

No I think you confuse the Planks unit with the "Midlife crises" unit, you know that Planks unit are sololy based on the "Midlife crises" unit, right? :-)

[@Camboo10]

Its 0.02188 American "Football" fields or 0.441 Toyota Corollas.

[@friedmule5403]

I.e. the smallest unit of time is the amount of sleep a hart doctor with a newborn child gets:-)

[@Vasharan]

@@friedmule5403 How many harts seek professional medical advice, really?

[@friedmule5403]

@@Vasharan LOL hmm I you mean the hart itself, I think, when they stop being vilent, you know they beets all the time.:-) If you mean the owner of the hart, I think most do not search a doctor but are forced to and a hart doctor have to act NOW, because it can't wait. :-)

[@BigDaddyWes]

I love the like 6 sq feet of foam on the walls. It isn't really doing much to quiet the room.

[@pghparkins]

You touched on one of the most interesting scientific things they discussed in the book, the "animal analogues." It really brought home to me the understanding of how different organisms occupy different niches in the ecosystem. Even though things would evolve differently on the other planet, you are still likely to have certain niches on a planet similar to ours which would plausibly result in creatures we could recognize.

[@Scott-J]

17:25 Father of the Year 2020 award incoming.

[@thivyaprasad1414]

I think science humour is what missing from my life .

[@ginnyjollykidd]

I think there is too little of it except for stupid puns. We need more esoteric and specialist jokes!

[@madshorn5826]

@@ginnyjollykidd Time for a sub-reddit! :-)

[@Bobbelebob]

Man every couple of moments I find myself trying to give a like to your videos only to realize I already did

[@juliaconnell]

I know right - I made a similar comment recently - need not just one like button overall - but option to do at various points throughout - (hmmm though Rohin's content is the only one that I would usually apply this to...)

[@LEQN]

This is my favourite subject to talk about. Colonizing new planets is the future, our only future.

[@MedlifeCrisis]

I put this as a little footnote in the video but did you know space agencies don't allow their staff to use 'colonise' anymore as it has negative connotations of empires on Earth? 'Settling' is the adopted verb!

[@charlesboudreau5350]

@@MedlifeCrisis I did not know but that is interesting! I'm not sure it would make much a difference for the feelings of native fauna and flaura what word we use though. I suppose it's still the thought that counts.

[@LEQN]

@@MedlifeCrisis I had no idea, I'll try to stick to calling it 'Settling' instead!

[@madshorn5826]

That could be a dangerous assumption as it may be pure fantasy for all foreseeable future and as it diverts resources away from protecting our planets biosphere. I enjoy SF big time, but I fail to find flaws in these musings by Charles Stross: www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2007/06/the-high-frontier-redux.html As he cites Bruce Sterling for "I'll believe in people settling Mars at about the same time I see people settling the Gobi Desert. The Gobi Desert is about a thousand times as hospitable as Mars and five hundred times cheaper and easier to reach. Nobody ever writes "Gobi Desert Opera" because, well, it's just kind of plonkingly obvious that there's no good reason to go there and live. It's ugly, it's inhospitable and there's no way to make it pay. Mars is just the same, really. We just romanticize it because it's so hard to reach."

[@rph_redacted]

@@MedlifeCrisis how about space raj

[@VictorKibalchich]

The Expanse is the best TV sci fi show ever

[@NAVIKMusic]

It’s an honour man. Excellent video by the way!

[@eacksonbow150]

NAVIKMusic love your work

[@MedlifeCrisis]

Thanks buddy!

[@pghparkins]

It was your first Expanse video that lead me to your channel, and this was another fantastic video. I wanted to wish all of you creators luck with Nebula. I signed up the first day I heard of it since 80% of my favorite youtubers are on there. Thank you for all that you do.

[@OaktownPirate510]

To showxa lang belta gut, mediwala. Wang manting, wang ámolof. (“You speak good Belter, doc. One humanity, one love.”)

[@Cimlite]

Guybrush Threepwood hanging on for dear life in the back makes me happy. :)

[@PinataOblongata]

Why not Zoidberg? :D

[@TheScotDrummer]

The Expanse is such a fantastic show. Love that you make videos about the science in it!

[@RajGheevarghese]

As a Paediatric Intensivist, this series absolutely blows my mind, especially since the human condition prevails no matter how expansive our civilization becomes. So insightful!

[@hellraiser666666]

Happy new year Doc!

[@jimmysgameclips]

This channel deserves more subs, awesome vid

[@LeoStaley]

My favorite KZbinr talking about my favorite show! Scott Manley did another great analasys of some of science of The Expanse too.

[@musicbyella3769]

This is literally my EPQ topic wow what excellent timing!

[@SuLokify]

I've been waiting for more space medicine! Time to watch

[@Freya407]

"in Ph.D. lockdown mode" hits a li'l different in late 2021 😬 World events notwithstanding, interesting video! I just discovered your channel recently and am enjoying going through the back catalogue :D

[@kaputamas2824]

Love your videos, keep up the interesting and sometimes superfunny work!

[@TheTzeestraten]

I recognise the Real Engineering and Tom Scott references in the background. I suspect there's more - can anyone pick up on more?

[@juliaconnell]

Dr Zoidberg from Futurama - a role model, hero and inspiration for any good medical professional (luckily for everyone I'm not) - oh and pay closer attention to the skeleton ;)

[@juliaconnell]

oh and this is cheating (from another comment - apparently Guybrush Threepwood hanging on for dear life - confess, have no idea who this is)

[@juliaconnell]

oh and the card next to the red shirt is a chubbyemu

[@ferrumignis]

@@juliaconnell Guybrush is the main character in a series of (brilliant and very funny) Lucasarts point and click adventure games, the first of which was "The secret of Monkey Island", released 30 years ago. I remember playing this with my brother in our teens, which makes me depressingly old.

[@Gillsing]

Guybrush's relation to this channel is probably that he can hold his breath for ten minutes. Which there has been a video about.

[@TheSodiumazide]

Fun fact about some of the gravity adaption illnesses and space adaption syndromes is that we only really discovered them once the space program shifted away from military personnel and towards scientists. Also it wasn't just a matter of physical fitness, there seems to be a developmental cognitive components. To boil it down, Nerds and Women regardless of how fit they are are far more vulnerable to a host of gravity adaption diseases. Also I assumed the intraosseus injections were some sort of in dwelling marrow augmentation, like a transplant. Thats also commensurate with the pain she was enduring. Conscious IO's are no joke. People really hate the feeling of pressure inside the bones, though funny enough the actual drilling into the bone is not really all that painful.

[@MedlifeCrisis]

I didn't know that first point, very interesting! Maybe also a factor to do with military training? Ie pilot training but also the cognitive components you allude to, that air force personnel might have rewired their afferent pathways a bit.

[@heathenwizard]

Thanks for the conversion that makes everything easier.

[@lsporter88]

I'll try not to gush too much....but this was seriously good explanation and commentary. And your deadpan delivery is f*cking hilarious. Great video.

[@lsporter88]

I just subscribed.😎

[@impussybull]

Real engineering and chubby emu logos in the background plus my favorite scifi show discussion by a fine gentleman, who is subtly hinting at supremacy of metric system master race. I couldn't wish for a better blend for my morning cup of Earl grey.

[@martixy2]

I pick the best videos to watch while eating.

[@lathah8160]

Damn my fav youtuber talking about my fav TV show love it!!

[@jojojorisjhjosef]

FINALLY! a doctor on the topic.

[@wurstmensch3000]

love your videos

[@macbuff81]

Very cool segment!

[@SoulSukkur]

that background skeleton is cursed. or maybe kinky. you decide.

[@alanguile8945]

It's just that its got its head up its own Arse!

[@brushcountryoutdoors6543]

Came here because of the Expanse but this guy is AWESOME!! Thank You Dr!!

[@Daniel.Anugerah]

great video, beratna

[@WintrBorn]

Thank you for the unicorn, kitten, and puppy images after those parasites. Good luck on the PhD stuff. I loved school, but that stuff scared me into factory work.

[@nicolasherraiz3683]

This channel is seriously under rated , it should have millions of subs

[@michaelcarney6280]

First time I've seen one of theses video's. Brilliant got a new subscriber

[@amitcohen2269]

Great video

[@JohnMatthewVO]

Would love for you to do a deep dive vid on the workings of the immune system, what and what doesn't work to strengthen it (and why) etc. Huge fan thanks and keep up the good work 👍👍👍

[@fireincarnation2348]

You don't generally want to strengthen the immune system. That can cause autoimmune issues or allergies. Immune system is a delicate balance

[@mute8s]

Thank you! Not only are you talking about the best sci-fi show ever but you slipped in both Rick and Morty and Community references! I swear either you are a mind reader or I need to start making sure your not peeking in my windows and watching my T.V. Anyhow this video was excellent as always and I learned new stuff about space today, which is always good!

[@MedlifeCrisis]

The rumours of me peeking through your window are unfounded and untrue. However you should be flossing more often and please wash your hands after doing that thing you do three times a day.

[@mute8s]

@@MedlifeCrisis Your Awesome :-)

[@LuinTathren]

Dude, you rock!

[@dm5791]

I'm really glad i stumbled on your channel 😂😂

[@Alacritous]

There's an episode of STTNG where Doctor Crusher and a couple of other crew are about to be exposed to vacuum in a cargo bay and Crusher tells them to hold their breath. Even at 19 years old when I first saw it when if first aired way back when, I screamed "NO! THAT'S NOT HOW THAT WORKS" at the TV.

[@OmarAbdulMalikDHEdMPASPACPAPro]

Peace be to you! Thank you so much for covering THIS! I REALLY enjoyed your review. I appreciate "reality-based" science fiction. I've had patients with parasites.😨 They recovered, thank God! I wish you the best of success on your doctoral sojourn. I plan to sign up for Curiosity Stream! Take care! 🤓❤👍🏾📚👨🏾‍⚕️🔬

[@notmyname327]

22:30 I think this is the only channel where I don't skip even the sponsors bit. Marslife Crisis here we come.

[@fifski]

Damn you! I was excited to watch this video but then had to turn it off as I haven't seen Season 4 yet :( Thanks for spoiler alert tho!

[@baronvonhoughton]

This video is a belter.

[@jeromeriedl]

I like the part about parasites because of the parasites on earth that aren’t adapted to living in people but still use us as hosts and wind up in the wrong areas. Also seems like a lot of these problems could be solved by spinning your spaceship.

[@AndrewBlucher]

Yes, cocoons are so underrated!

[@elroysez8333]

I love the skeleton back there. Must be a funny story to that.

[@PinataOblongata]

Story goes he thought people would notice it in the background and it would consistently generate page interacts from these people, who always assume they are either a master of perception, that no one's yet made the joke they're about to make about it for the thousandth time, or that there's a funny story to go with it.

[@erbgorre]

i love the minimally concealed shots at stuff/people ;D

[@varun009]

Can't wait for season 5 already!!!!

[@ayham2000ify]

nice video bro

[@Metro498]

Doc, have you watched the final season 6 of the Expanse? They’re questions about living on a colony on Laconia. Aging on alien planets and traveling to those world. If you read the books, 7 - 9 and novellas, they’re effect’s on human lifespans. Could you continue to comment on The Expanse experience?

[@ShadeThe777]

You got my sub for that meters to planck length conversion mate

[@mickeythemaltipoo3756]

I've heard about salamanders legs growing back but not about their other power (switching ability) ,That's mind blowing. Learn something new each day ,love it. I'm that much closer to getting my KZbin PhD 😂

[@dantheman192]

I love the zoidberg painting in the back. He's my favorite tv doctor

[@tinldw]

11:39 oh no, you weren't joking about showing pretty unpleasant pictures

[@PinataOblongata]

All the same images recently shown on Joe Rogan's channel in his interview with Glen Villeneuve, funnily enough.

[@thursdaythought7201]

I remember hearing somewhere that the anti-cancer drugs target fast multiplying cells and which explains why you go sterile if you are on those meds. It makes sense that it would target the parasites too because they are fast multiplying.

[@seraphina985]

Possibly though in this instance there is the added complication of the two cell types being from completely alien cell lines with no genetic relation. Convergent evolution could potentially explain this still working though I guess as it is certainly possible the same pathways could evolve given the right selection pressures but it does seem unlikely (especially as like with the case of wings on Earth there are likely multiple ways to skin a cat so to speak, that is to say multiple analogous solutions to the same problem that while biochemically distinct would nonetheless work thus even with identical selection pressures it is quite likely you would end up with two entirely different means to the same end which is a major issue for drug cross compatibility). Not a bad theory though sure but Xenobiology and Xenopharamcology are a whole mess of worms in this regard and it is far less likely to have biocompatible analogues than we are used to here on Earth where all life is essentially from the same stock and very often is using identical substances in different ways as organisms evolved to repurpose things life stumbled on in the distant past this for example is why so many chemicals in plants work as drugs in us, they both originate from the same origins in our common ancestors with plants but we evolved to use them for different purposes than our plant cousins do. Far more plausible when considering that parts of the immune system involved in killing our own rogue cells including cancer are also involved in defence from parasites is that the drug does stimulate those immune functions. This would also be more compatible with simply applying occams razor too as we no longer need to assume convergent biomolecular compatibility with the parasite merely that the adaptive immune system identifies the foreign material as just that and the drug designed to aid human immune function works with human biology, absent canon evidence for the contrary this would seem more in line with the available evidence. Yeah sure applying the scientific method to fictional canon may be a bit silly but still works to my mind as refraining from adding unsubstantiated inferences to the source material where none are necessary keeps closer to that source material IMO.

[@BrotherBloat]

Commenting before watching the whole thing, because I'm too excited about this episode: mighty mice experiment - currently on the ISS. Very exciting whitepaper with serious potential for both space travel and earth applications in muscle-affecting disease treatments.

[@Shirokroete]

thanks for the jumpscare at 4:55 legit flipped my glass almost out of my hand

[@Nofiamich]

Thanks for the height definition for we UnitedStatesians. Simple conversion: Plank Lengths --> Parescs --> Astronomical Units --> miles --> feet!

[@LynMildner]

hindsight makes your introduction funny :)

[@shohamsen8986]

The skeleton in the background literally has its head up its arse. :P

[@victortitov1740]

I love that skeleton!

[@friedmule5403]

I am wondering if it's not a joke hinting at Futurama's dr Zoidberg :-)

[@shohamsen8986]

@Stephen Hill I thought that looked like the hip. However, after you pointed it out, it does look like that a bit. :P

[@shohamsen8986]

@@friedmule5403 So you are saying that its a shoutout to Dr. Zoidberg? From one Doctor to another? :P

[@ginnyjollykidd]

Purposely, of course.

[@StaK_1980]

I laughed at the fluffy compensation after the eye-worms! :-)

[@bilawalm1]

Missed you doc

[@mrsu7353]

Love the Guybrush Threepwood poster you have there

[@madshorn5826]

18:40 "cold is not really the issue because there is no air" Yes, the lack of air eliminates convective heat loss, but radiative heat loss would still be a thing. Stephan-Boltzmans law tells us that a body at 37 degree Celsius will loose 500 W/m^2. Granted we will die from other things before the cold will us, but it is by no means negligible. The reason that we normally only loose about 100W/m^2 is of course because our surroundings looses 400 W/m^2 in our direction and -500 + 400 = -100. I know these numbers are _very_ rough, but it convey the idea. Sorry for the nitpicking, I just find this fascinating. It is a great video :-) Edit: correcting auto correct

[@MedlifeCrisis]

Yes indeed you'll still get cold via radiation but as you said, you'd be long dead before that ☠️

[@fzigunov]

Just complementing Medlife's answer, if you consider a 70kg adult with about 2m^2 skin surface area, they would be losing about 1kW of heat. Considering the human body is mostly water, we can approximate the specific heat to 4180J/kg.K, thus rendering a rate of cooling of 1000/70*4180=0.0034K/s. So even in a minute you'd feel about 0.2°C cooling, which is indeed negligible given by then you're already dead.

[@madshorn5826]

@@fzigunov I know it would take 20 minutes to cool the entire body enough to get hypothermia. What I tried to convey was that the lack of air in no way insulate you. He said "there is no air to conduct or convect the heat away" and while that is absolutely true, you don't need wind chill to rapidly feel uncomfortable if the ambient temperature is -270°C :-) In the winter it is radiative loss that makes your car windows freeze over on the side of the car that faces away from the house.

[@lst1nwndrlnd]

Sick!

[@garsh4258]

hi bro, great job!!! from a colleague

[@AK-jt7kh]

I love how this is so much cooler than Holleywoods fantasy rendition of space exploration

[@lydiachong1274]

I will never tire of your unit trolling. Best of luck with PhD!

[@valeriavagapova]

I totally knew the Planck lengths were coming, but still laughed

[@juliaconnell]

umm the studio is looking *awesome* (sorry - was distracted, noticing how exactly HOW *awesome* the studio was looking when that came up) (what is the bird card next to the red shirt - is that a Moa?) hope we still get the occasional middle of the night shift in scrubs videos too though xx oh and morning from New Zealand - what a lovely way to start the day, thank you

[@MedlifeCrisis]

That's a chubbyemu

[@juliaconnell]

@@MedlifeCrisis ahhhhh (I was why a chubby emu - looked it up - ahhhhhh) - thank you, much appreciated.

[@MyValki]

Could you do a video on a corona virus infection IN SPACE. How could a small crew on a spaceship with deal with a severe cases? Can they increase survival chances with zero-g, can they increase cabin O2 to 100% if they don't have a ventilator?

[@Sebastian-oo7xi]

Damn man! 3:18 I am afraid they might never be able to walk again... that are level 3 burnings all over the ''feet" 😂

[@slam_down]

F yeah , instant sub and like for including the proper conversion of 2 metres for our murican friends. RESPECT

[@aalborg82]

Love the unit conversion joke. :)

[@Jonedcc]

That crazy skeleton, you keep being you

[@johansjolen9007]

Human adults are quite decent at re-growing the (very) tips of their fingers when they get cut off. My brother's finger tip got cut off, Dr. didn't re-attach with the reasoning that it'll grow back. And yeah, it grew back, slightly shorter but has everything that a normal finger tip has.

[@gbail9566]

Season 5 is in the can. We're just waiting for it to drop.

[@JoshWright396]

Job perks of a paramedic, I get to drill things into people's bones on a pretty regular basis (and still get to look at almost as many squiggly lines as a cardiologist)

[@RajGheevarghese]

I also think you should touch on the topic of vascular capacitance.

[@petshop2097]

3:09 I love it

[@elorz007]

"I'm in PhD lockdown" oh, boy, if you knew...

[@Demonairing]

That zoidberg picture, love it

[@vinaybhardwaj7811]

Hi @MedlifeCrisis, I am a student and aspiring medic. I am quite curious about the university pathways that you took. Can you please briefly sum up your academic choices and journey. Thanks.