Office Hours with Earth's Virology Professor Livestream 9/04/24 8 pm EDT

[@WillNewcomb]

Your Office Hours is such an important resource. Fantastic for members of uninformed laypeople to get answers to their questions from hugely qualified people. Thank you.

[@JillKnapp]

Dang! Bummed I missed the livestream again. Grateful to watch the replay. Hope all the virophiles are having a good week so far!

[@razerginn]

Argh, missed it! Thanks Dr Rancanillo!

[@Simon-fg8iz]

Why yearly flu shots, and covid shots? Because it's not all about just not getting hospitalized. There are some strange people that don't exactly enjoy getting any kind of sick... you do what you can to prevent it - it's a bad time even if there are no consequences, it ruins your plans, intereferes with your loved ones... if you can increase your chance of not getting infected, you take it. For instance, I don't want a common cold either. No matter how mild.

[@gbernardwandel4174]

I missed it live but glad it’s here

[@lismartinez5363]

Great mini lecture. It would be fantastic to have the mini lecture as a stand alone!

[@silentrunner3067]

Had to cut out of the live, birthday call from a sister on the west coast, chatted for an hour or so, it had been a while. I had a second small pox vaccine in college, 1973. I am one of those people that has had no known covid. I live alone but still did groceries, medical appt, and occasionally the huddled masses of Walmart. Seem to be healthy, no comorbidities. So, no worries.

[@francesschaefer]

BTW they are posting the mini lectures separately!

[@spamletspamley672]

@Vincent Touching the face nowadays, could probably be discouraged via something like a smart watch, or paired tags on gloves and masks or glasses, so they buzzed if you hands approached your face.

[@spamletspamley672]

@Vincent Sorry to miss the live, as my parents lived at Potters Bar, but I think you were trying to remember Hampstead Heath, which is really in London now. (Mind you, with all the compulsory development for development's sake, 'London Metro' really stretches to Bristol and Birmingham and beyond, these days.) Your decor is good, but you've spoiled it with the 'Windows 95' style blue and white notification panels. They really are awful!. The text on its own would show up enough on the purple background, but a more slanting, more cursive font would go with the background better. (y)

[@francesschaefer]

I do not mind the blue at all it actually stands out and that is what is important!

[@alexandrevaliquette3883]

You have +130k sub and +1000 people when live... Maybe you could cut down a bit on the greeting and worldwide temperature? It's nice to know where people are coming from, but more than 2-5 minutes from beginning is enough. Whatever you do, have fun. But I think it would be a better experience if we get more Q&A and exchanges.

[@gribbler1695]

Yes, too much extraneous chatter, so I don't watch it live anymore.

[@francesschaefer]

​@@gribbler1695Nothing good on TV talk shows so TWiV is fun in regards to people. I have been stuck and recently took a trip and guess what we got COVID which screwed our vacation time up. Just watch the replay and fast forward!

[@francesschaefer]

I like the introductory part so just my 2cents' worth!