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	<title>Microbiology &#8211; Rectofossal Ambiguity</title>
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		<title>Barrington Declaration Is About Economics, Not Herd Immunity</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2020 15:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Apparently scientists are divided over herd immunity. They're not. And the 'declaration' suggesting they are is about alt-right economics, not COVID.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tracking COVID-19 Using Poo&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2020 16:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We can now accurately predict COVID-19 outbreaks before they happen. Not by tracking people - but by tracking sewage.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Will Lockdowns Ever End?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2020 22:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you think any relaxation of lockdown means we're getting back to normal or social distancing will keep you safe at work, think again. Wrong on both counts.]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Dangers of Immunity Passports</title>
		<link>https://rectofossal.com/covid-immunity-passports/</link>
					<comments>https://rectofossal.com/covid-immunity-passports/#comments</comments>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2020 05:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA['Immunity Passports' sound great - except over 80% of positive antibody test results will be false, leading to preventable deaths. Here’s why.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bat Country</title>
		<link>https://rectofossal.com/bat-country/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rectofossa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2020 12:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Two tiny but game-changing mutations turned a bat virus that couldn't infect humans into COVID-19. How? Could we have stopped it and who's to blame?]]></description>
		
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		<title>How Does COVID-19 Testing Work?</title>
		<link>https://rectofossal.com/how-does-covid-19-testing-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2020 16:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[At last, quick and easy COVID-19 testing is available. But is it accurate, how does it work and what will it tell you?]]></description>
		
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		<title>Is Hygiene Making Us Sick?</title>
		<link>https://rectofossal.com/hygiene-hypothesis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2020 12:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Another recent study suggests household disinfectants give kids asthma and other illnesses. Should we expose them to more dirt and obsess less about hygiene?]]></description>
		
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		<title>Will Bacterial Goop Replace Agriculture?</title>
		<link>https://rectofossal.com/monbiot-goop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2020 10:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Guardian's George Monbiot says fermented bug goop will shut down agriculture and the meat industry within 15 years and we'll all have to go vegan. Really?]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Microbiology of Brexit</title>
		<link>https://rectofossal.com/brexit/</link>
					<comments>https://rectofossal.com/brexit/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rectofossa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jan 2020 09:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA['UK food safety standards are in jeopardy if we accept US imports of meat and chlorinated chicken'. The press and politicians say it's bad. But is it?]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Microbiology of Biblical Plagues</title>
		<link>https://rectofossal.com/the-microbiology-of-biblical-plagues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2018 10:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Apparently God sent ten plagues to pressure Pharoah into releasing the Israelites. Assuming it ever happened, might there be a biological explanation?]]></description>
		
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