Rabbits, hares and pikas belong to a family of animals called “Lagomorphs” or order Lagomorpha. Rabbits and hares belong to the family Leporidae and pikas belong to the family Ochotonidae. While rabbits and hares have long ears, a short tail and very strong hind limbs that give them that characteristic bounding motion, pikas are smaller, have shorter, rounded ears, no external tail to speak of and smaller hind limbs that give them more of a scampering motion. Lagomorphs are small to medium-sized herbivores that tend to live underground. At one time, they were included in the Order Rodentia since both orders possess a set of incisors that grow throughout their lives. However, lagomorphs also have a second pair of incisors that are set directly behind the growing pair in the upper jaw. This trait is specific to lagomorphs. Now, thanks to species gene coding, we know that these two orders have very distinct and separate evolutionary histories. Rabbits are an important part of the ecosystems that they inhabit. Without them, many prey animals wouldn’t survive. This disease could kill off a necessary food source for coyotes, hawks, eagles, bears and other prey animals. You can reach me on the website at www.causeofdeath100secs.net or you can email me at [email protected]. My Link Tree can be found at: https://linktr.ee/CauseofDeathpod Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Show Notes: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/publications/animal_health/fs-rhdv2.pdf https://www.avma.org/resources-tools/animal-health-and-welfare/animal-health/rabbit-hemorrhagic-disease https://cwhl.vet.cornell.edu/disease/rabbit-hemorrhagic-disease http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/vet/RHDV.htm https://datcp.wi.gov/Pages/Programs_Services/RabbitHemorrhagicDisease.aspx https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/diseases/rabbit-hemorrhagic/ https://veterinaryresearch.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1297-9716-43-12 https://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Factsheets/pdfs/rabbit_hemorrhagic_disease.pdf https://veterinaryresearch.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13567-015-0245-5#:~:text=RHDV%20is%20a%20non%2Denveloped,capsid%20subunit%2C%20the%20VP60%20protein. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9541616/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/rabbit-hemorrhagic-disease#:~:text=Viral%20haemorrhagic%20disease%20(or%20rabbit,and%20faeces%20from%20infected%20rabbits. https://veterinaryresearch.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1297-9716-43-12#:~:text=Transmission%20of%20RHDV%20may%20occur,vector%2Dborne%20transmission%20by%20scavenging https://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Factsheets/pdfs/rabbit_hemorrhagic_disease.pdf https://veterinaryresearch.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1297-9716-43-12 https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/diseases/rabbit-hemorrhagic/ https://datcp.wi.gov/Pages/Programs_Services/RabbitHemorrhagicDisease.aspx http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/vet/RHDV.htm https://cwhl.vet.cornell.edu/disease/rabbit-hemorrhagic-disease https://www.avma.org/resources-tools/animal-health-and-welfare/animal-health/rabbit-hemorrhagic-disease https://www.aphis.usda.gov/publications/animal_health/fs-rhdv2.pdf https://www.britannica.com/animal/lagomorph Darkcast Network – Promo by Yours Truly Support my sponsors! 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For hundreds of years, man has been the greatest destroyer of the planet. As the highest being on the food chain, our impact on the environment is the greatest contributor to the loss of species worldwide. Breeding grounds are being destroyed and access to resources is diminishing due to industrial and residential development, logging, crop farming, livestock grazing, mining, road and dam building and pesticide use. All of this in the name of progress. This topic is one that really hits me where I live. Nothing angers me more than a chemical spill that kills countless animals and has long lasting effects on their habitats. I’m going to talk about three instances where greed, human error and indifference caused permanent damage to huge swaths of land and ocean. I’m going to talk about the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Chernobyl nuclear incident and the Palestine, Ohio train derailment. These aren’t the only three chemical spills that have ruined countless miles of habitat and cost thousands of animals their lives, but these are hallmarks of what can happen when companies and their employees cut corners and refuse to follow the rules. Contact me at the website: www.causeofdeath100secs.net Check it out, leave a review, leave me a voicemail or an email. Look at the blog posts. Join my mailing list. There are so many ways to interact with me on that site that there’s no excuse not to! I also have a dedicated email for Cause of Death, you can reach me at [email protected]. Link Tree: https://www.linktr.ee.com/CauseofDeathpod Greed and Avarice: The Story of Chemical Spills and Wildlife Show Notes: https://nhpbs.org/natureworks/nwep16b.htm https://www.alleycat.org/resources/humans-the-number-one-threat-to-wildlife/ https://www.mdpi.com/journal/animals/special_issues/Species_conservation https://www.onekindplanet.org/man-made-disasters-animals/ https://bsed.org.in/effect-of-man-made-hazard-on-wildlife-and-aquatic-life/ https://www.worldanimalprotection.org/historical-achievements/animals-in-disasters https://www.animal-ethics.org/animals-natural-disasters/ https://earth.org/ohio-trail-derailment/ https://cnr.ncsu.edu/news/2023/03/ohio-train-derailment-health-impacts-air-pollution/ https://www.pennfuture.org/Blog-Item-2023-East-Palestine-Ohio-Train-Disaster https://prismreports.org/2023/03/09/why-east-palestine-train-derailment-environmental-impacts-unclear/ https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/environmental-disasters-affect-ecosystems-ohio-train-derailment-affect/story?id=97493398 https://winknews.com/2023/02/20/the-lasting-environmental-impact-of-the-ohio-train-derailment/ https://www-pub.iaea.org/mtcd/publications/pdf/pub1239_web.pdf https://ohiostate.pressbooks.pub/sciencebites/chapter/the-lingering-effects-of-the-chernobyl-disaster/ https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2016/581972/EPRS_BRI(2016)581972_EN.pdf https://www.greenfacts.org/en/chernobyl/l-3/3-chernobyl-environment.htm#0p0 https://www.bfs.de/EN/topics/ion/accident-management/emergency/chernobyl/environmental-consequences.html#:~:text=The%20accident%20at%20the%20Chernobyl,the%20environment%20are%20still%20exposed. https://dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/Documents/OilSpills_Wildlife.pdf https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/10/oil-spill-environment-ocean/ https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/oil-and-chemical-spills/oil-spills/how-oil-harms-animals-and-plants-marine-environments.html https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/hazards/spills/#:~:text=The%20release%20of%20oil%20and,resources%20in%20the%20food%20chain. https://darrp.noaa.gov/oil-spills/exxon-valdez https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30718022/#:~:text=Abstract,likely%20death%20of%20small%20mammals. https://knowablemagazine.org/article/food-environment/2022/scientists-cant-agree-about-chernobyls-impact-wildlife https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0265931X17309347 https://www.history.com/topics/1980s/exxon-valdez-oil-spill https://www.npr.org/2023/02/23/1158972561/east-palestine-train-derailment-ntsb-preliminary-report-wheel-bearing Darkcast Network – Promo by Yours Truly Podcast Promos: True Consequences F*** That! 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Who’s Who Outside of the Zoo has begun! Hello and welcome to Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight. I’m your host, Jackie Moranty. Here we are in Season Six. This season is dedicated to wildlife disease and conservation. I’ve been trying to keep seasons at about 8 episodes, but this one may run a little longer. There’s a lot to talk about when it comes to wildlife disease and conservation and the way that they come together. I’ll be introducing some things that we haven’t talked about previously. Many of the diseases of wildlife are obscure and though the symptoms may sound like a virus or a bacterial infection, they could be something completely different. This brings us to today’s episode. Chronic Wasting Disease in cervids. It’s caused by an organism that we haven’t talked about before. It’s a prion. I’m the first to admit that I’m terrified of prions. They’re unpredictable, they’re incurable and they’re fatal. The worst thing about them is that they take years to manifest, so you don’t know you have one until it’s too late to do much about it. Sound terrifying? Keep listening! I’m going to be doing a special 100 Seconds to Midnight episode in Season 7. I’d like those of you who had experiences growing up during the Cold War to talk about those experiences. If you’d like to be a guest on the show, I can arrange that. If you’d rather just write your stories and send them in, that’s fine, too. I can read them. These stories are important, and they need to be heard. Please participate if you can. You can reach me on the website at http://www.causeofdeath100secs.net or you can email me at mailto:[email protected]. My Link Tree can be found at: https://linktr.ee/CauseofDeathpod CWD Show Notes: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5874178/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2877840/ https://www.cdc.gov/prions/cwd/transmission.html#:~:text=Scientists%20believe%20CWD%20proteins%20(prions,of%20soil%2C%20food%20or%20water. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7173489/#:~:text=Finally%2C%20we%20discuss%20prions.,properties%20of%20size%20and%20infectiousness. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/prion-diseases https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/prion-diseases https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-a-prion-specifica/ https://www.doi.gov/ocl/chronic-wasting-disease https://www.nps.gov/articles/cwd.htm https://www.dfw.state.or.us/wildlife/health_program/chronic_wasting/ https://wildlifemanagement.institute/outdoor-news-bulletin/december-2017/what-hunters-can-do-stop-chronic-wasting-disease https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-a-prion-specifica/ https://www.deerfriendly.com/deer-disease/chronic-wasting-disease/possible-origins-of-chronic-wasting-disease https://cwd-info.org/cwd-overview/ https://cwd-info.org/timeline/ https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/wildlifedamage/programs/nwrc/sa_spotlight/accomplishments_chronic_wasting_disease https://wildlife.tamu.edu/cwdhistory/ https://www.cdc.gov/prions/cwd/occurrence.html https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925443906002201 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fviro.2023.1055487/full https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01091-19 https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-causes-chronic-wasting-disease https://cwd-info.org/recommendations-for-hunters/ https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733407/DEFRA_QRA_TSE_in_cervids_June2018_v1.pdf https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=G5JCz8MAAAAJ&hl=en https://www.kunc.org/science/2019-04-24/bent-out-of-shape-part-3-a-complicated-turn-of-events https://pagosadailypost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/18-Prion-Research-Letter.pdf https://www.drovers.com/news/burning-might-help-prevent-cwd-transmission https://arssymposium.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2013_USDA_ARS_V-Hoover.pdf https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0058630 https://www.coloradoindependent.com/2019/04/11/the-disease-devastating-deer-herds-may-also-threaten-human-health/ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/26/science/chronic-wasting-disease-deer-elk-prions.html https://cwd-info.org/timeline/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-a-prion-specifica/ https://www.kunc.org/science/2019-04-24/bent-out-of-shape-part-3-a-complicated-turn-of-events Darkcast Network – Promo by Yours Truly Support my sponsors! 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The Great Dilemma Show Notes: This is my second podversary. I’ve been in your ears and, hopefully, in your head for two years now, and I thought it important that you know about the things that go into each subject I talk about, whether it be an infectious disease that has the potential to kill millions if unleashed upon the population or a global crisis that looms over us. Every episode I struggle with questions. I research each topic carefully and I try to find solutions. This is something that I call the Great Dilemma. The questions, the answers and the solutions don’t come easy. I study them from several angles and sometimes, I don’t like the results. It’s 90 seconds to midnight and the questions that sometimes have no answers or don’t lead to solutions keep me up at night. Contact me at the website: www.causeofdeath100secs.net Check it out, leave a review, leave me a voicemail or an email. Look at the blog posts. Join my mailing list. There are so many ways to interact with me on that site that there’s no excuse not to! I also have a dedicated email for Cause of Death, you can reach me at [email protected]. Link Tree: https://www.linktr.ee.com/CauseofDeathpod There wasn’t any research for this episode, but it does refer to prior episodes. If you haven’t gone back, this would be a good time to do that. S1 E1: The Throwaway People: The Story of the AIDS Pandemic S3 E7: 100 Seconds to Midnight: Drip, Drip, Drip S3 E10: 100 Seconds to Midnight: Revisiting the HIV Pandemic and the Throwaway People S4 E1: 100 Seconds to Midnight: The History of the Doomsday Clock S4 E6: 100 Seconds to Midnight: Global Homelessness S5 E6: It’s 90 Seconds to Midnight and We Need to Talk There are several episodes mentioned that haven’t come out yet, too, so be watching for those! Darkcast Network – Promo by Yours Truly Support my sponsors! It ensures that Sweet Pea can eat! This month’s sponsors are FITAID and Codex. FITAID is a natural energy drink that contains several vitamins and minerals, but no artificial sweeteners. I’ve been drinking it after lunch when I need a little push to get me through the rest of my day at work. You can find FITAID products at https://www.drinkfitaid.com/causeofdeath for 40% off your first order! I’m really excited to discover Codex. I’m not very good to my skin, and as I age, it’s starting to show. Codex has really helped my skin repair from the damage that I’ve done to it over the years. You can find the Codex products here: https://www.codexlabscorp.com/ Use promo code: CauseofDeath20 for 20% off your first order. The True Crime and Paranormal Podcast Festival is coming up from August 25th to the 27th in Austin, Texas and I’ll be there representing another podcast that I’m heavily involved with. Stop by the True Consequences booth and meet Eric Carter-Landin and I! Get your tickets to the True Crime and Paranormal Podcast Festival at https://www.truecrimepodcastfestival.com Use promo code: Consequences for 15% off your ticket Podcast Promos: Horrifying History Rogue Darkness Music: Time Off by Damma Beatz You can reach me on: Instagram @causeofdeathpodcast FB: @CauseofDeath Twitter: @CauseofDeath10 TikTok: @causeofdeath100secs Please don’t forget to rate and review on any of the platforms found here: Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/cause-of-death-1855050 You can support Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight here: Patreon: https://www.Patreon.com/JackieMoranty Ko-Fi: https://www.ko-fi.com/causeofdeathluckycharmsunplugg Merch can be found at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/causeofdeathluckycharmsunplugged Please share this podcast with everyone you know. Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight is a proud member of the Darkcast Network. Find us at @darkcastnetwork on Twitter and @DarkcastNetwork on Facebook. Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight can be found on all major podcast platforms. #greatdilemma #100SecondstoMidnight #90SecondstoMidnight #globalcrises #indiepodcast #Causeofdeath100secs #causeofdeath

Often, the term food poisoning is used for both foodborne illnesses and foodborne intoxication. Today, I’m going to explain the difference between the two and talk about the burden that these illnesses have on societies, especially in the developing world. About 6.5 million in the US experience the effects of a foodborne pathogen at least once a year, but most of them go unreported since people think they just have the “stomach flu”. Newsflash, that was no flu, that was a foodborne pathogen. This is the final episode in Season 5, Restaurant Rogues, but don’t worry, I’ll be talking about more foodborne pathogens as time goes on. There are a LOT of them. Go check out this week’s episode to find out more about these illnesses and a few more. Cause of Death has a website! Come visit me at www.causeofdeath100secs.net. I also have an email address for the show at [email protected]. Feel free to interact with me in either place! Don’t forget that the next episode will be my Podversary episode, and I’ll be talking about what I call the Great Dilemma. The questions that I ask myself before I begin researching every episode that I put out. These are the questions that keep me up at night. It’s my hope that this episode will spark some discussion in the Facebook groups and on Twitter! Talk to me, folks! I’d love to hear from you! That episode will kick off Season 6, all about the diseases of wildlife. It’s called Who’s Who Outside of the Zoo. I’m so looking forward to that season! I’m going to be doing a special 100 Seconds to Midnight episode in Season 7. I’d like those of you who had experiences growing up during the Cold War to talk about those experiences. If you’d like to be a guest on the show, I can arrange that. If you’d rather just write your stories and send them in, that’s fine, too. I can read them. These stories are important, and they need to be heard. Please participate if you can. You can reach me on the website at www.causeofdeath100secs.net or you can email me at [email protected]. My Link Tree can be found at: https://linktr.ee/CauseofDeathpod The Difference Between Food Poisoning and Food Intoxication Show Notes: https://ask.usda.gov/s/article/What-is-the-difference-between-foodborne-illness-and-food-poisoning http://www.csun.edu/~cjh78264/foodsafety/pages/fbi1.html#:~:text=Infection%3A%20occurs%20when%20live%20bacterial,a%20toxin%20produced%20by%20bacteria. http://www.fightbac.org/ http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/foodsci/agentinfo/org/index.html http://www.vdacs.state.va.us/foodsafety/index.html http://www.foodsafety.gov/ https://dchealth.dc.gov/service/food-borne-infections-and-intoxications https://epi.dph.ncdhhs.gov/cd/diseases/food.html https://ask.usda.gov/s/article/Does-mayonnaise-cause-foodborne-illness#:~:text=People%20often%20think%20mayonnaise%20is,tends%20to%20prevent%20bacterial%20growth. https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/foodborne-germs.html https://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/what-we-do/our-topics/foodborne-disease.html https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/digestive-diseases/food-poisoning/definition-facts https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2555489/ http://ecoursesonline.iasri.res.in/mod/resource/view.php?id=5036 https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/food-safety https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/infections-and-poisoning/food-poisoning https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/natural-toxins-in-food https://www.fda.gov/food/chemical-contaminants-pesticides/natural-toxins-food https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/foods-linked-illness.html https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/digestive-diseases/food-poisoning/symptoms-causes#:~:text=doctor%20for%20advice.-,What%20causes%20food%20poisoning%3F,parasites%E2%80%94cause%20most%20food%20poisoning.&text=Harmful%20chemicals%20also%20cause%20some,stored%2C%20shipped%2C%20or%20prepared. Darkcast Network – Promo by Yours Truly Support my sponsors! It ensures that Sweet Pea can eat! This month’s sponsors are FITAID and Codex. FITAID is a natural energy drink that contains several vitamins and minerals, but no artificial sweeteners. I’ve been drinking it after lunch when I need a little push to get me through the rest of my day at work. You can find FITAID products at https://www.drinkfitaid.com/causeofdeath for 40% off your first order! I’m really excited to discover Codex. I’m not very good to my skin, and as I age, it’s starting to show. Codex has really helped my skin repair from the damage that I’ve done to it over the years. You can find the Codex products here: https://www.codexlabscorp.com/ Use promo code: CauseofDeath20 for 20% off your first order. The True Crime and Paranormal Podcast Festival is coming up from August 25th to the 27th in Austin, Texas and I’ll be there representing another podcast that I’m heavily involved with. Stop by the True Consequences booth and meet Eric Carter-Landin and I! Get your tickets to the True Crime and Paranormal Podcast Festival at https://www.truecrimepodcastfestival.com Use promo code: Consequences for 15% off your ticket Podcast Promos: True Crime Fan Club Misty Mysteries Music: There is No Sequel by Philip Ayers You can reach me on: Instagram: @CauseofDeathpod FB: @COD100Secs Twitter: @CauseofDeath10 TikTok: @causeofdeath100secs Please don’t forget to rate and review on any of the platforms found here: www.causeofdeath100secs.net You can support Cause of Death here: Subscribe on Apple Subscriptions Patreon: https://www.Patreon.com/JackieMoranty Ko-Fi: https://www.ko-fi.com/causeofdeathluckycharmsunplugg Merch can be found at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/causeofdeathluckycharmsunplugged Please share this podcast with everyone you know. Cause of Death is a proud member of the Darkcast Network. Find us at @darkcastnetwork on Twitter and @DarkcastNetwork on Facebook. 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Mary sent me an email with a news article attached. The article said that 47% of people don’t think that life will ever get back to normal after the Covid-19 pandemic. If you listen to the smallpox episodes, the Spanish flu episode and the polio episode, many of the same things happened that happened during the Covid pandemic. Schools were shut down, social distancing was a thing, people wore masks, they were encouraged to stay home, there was grocery delivery, there were vaccine mandates and there were travel cards. People had to prove that they were vaccinated before they could travel. During the polio epidemic, no one could leave New York City without proof that they had been vaccinated. As I sit here today, the Covid-19 pandemic has had relatively little long term affect on people. We’re no longer wearing masks or social distancing. I haven’t had to show my vaccination card in ages. What it comes down to is this: People as a rule are extremely short-sighted. They don’t see past next week or next month. They think everything is going to last forever. Especially if that thing is something they view as negative. In truth, very few policies surrounding healthcare crises remain permanent. Our society is more concerned with war than public health. This is why 911 caused way more changes to society than Covid-19 ever will. At the end of the day, we’re far more concerned about the cost of rebuilding infrastructure than we are with any sort of human destruction. Even though, human destruction is priceless. Cause of Death has a website! Come visit me at www.causeofdeath100secs.net. I also have an email address for the show at [email protected]. Feel free to interact with me in either place! I’m going to be doing a special 100 Seconds to Midnight episode in Season 7. I’d like those of you who had experiences growing up during the Cold War to talk about those experiences. If you’d like to be a guest on the show, I can arrange that. 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Disinformation is a war waged on the citizens of countries in order to promote dissent and division among the people. We’re all vulnerable. We’re all targets. We’re all in a war that we don’t understand. How is this war waged? Through something seemingly so innocuous, so mundane, so enticing. Social media. It’s 90 seconds to midnight and this war has gone on since the dawn of time, but now, operatives are using bots, AI technology and PR firms to spread disinformation that’s harmful for governments, businesses and individuals. Find out how social media is becoming a battleground for racism, political division, hate speech and ultimately, violence. If you haven’t listened to my podcast, you should. It’s 90 seconds to midnight, my friends and we need to talk. Contact me at the website: www.causeofdeath100secs.net Check it out, leave a review, leave me a voicemail or an email. Look at the blog posts. Join my mailing list. There are so many ways to interact with me on that site that there’s no excuse not to! I also have a dedicated email for Cause of Death, you can reach me at [email protected]. Link Tree: https://www.linktr.ee.com/CauseofDeathpod Disinformation Show Notes: https://www.brookings.edu/techstream/how-disinformation-evolved-in-2020/ https://www.cfr.org/article/misinformation-and-disinformation-are-growing-threats-social-media https://www.cfr.org/influence-campaigns-and-disinformation https://s3.amazonaws.com/kf-site-legacy-media/feature_assets/www/misinfo/kf-disinformation-report.0cdbb232.pdf https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/08/four-ways-disinformation-campaigns-are-propagated-online/ https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/ https://www.coe.int/en/web/campaign-free-to-speak-safe-to-learn/dealing-with-propaganda-misinformation-and-fake-news https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-inoculate-against-midterm-misinformation-campaigns/ https://www.poynter.org/ifcn/anti-misinformation-actions/ https://esoc.princeton.edu/projects/tracking-disinformation-and-conflict https://prevency.com/en/what-is-a-disinformation-campaign/ https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/tactics-of-disinformation_508.pdf https://www.ncsbe.gov/about-elections/election-security/combating-misinformation https://www.voanews.com/a/russian-disinformation-campaigns-targeting-developing-countries/6974192.html https://openai.com/research/forecasting-misuse https://www.bmj.com/company/newsroom/foreign-disinformation-social-media-campaigns-linked-to-falling-vaccination-rates/ https://www.who.int/campaigns/connecting-the-world-to-combat-coronavirus/how-to-report-misinformation-online https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2022-09/OIG-22-58-Aug22.pdf https://cset.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/CSET-AI-and-the-Future-of-Disinformation-Campaigns.pdf https://www.dhs.gov/publication/aep-topic-team-overviews https://www.goviralgame.com/en?utm_source=EO&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=goviral&utm_content=Eng https://www.brookings.edu/techstream/how-disinformation-evolved-in-2020/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/26/technology/government-disinformation-cyber-troops.html https://www.marubeni.com/en/research/potomac/backnumber/19.html https://www.cfr.org/influence-campaigns-and-disinformation Darkcast Network – Promo by Yours Truly Podcast Promos: Weird True Crime A Hateful Homicide Music: Time Off by Damma Beatz You can reach me on: Instagram and FB: @CauseofDeath Twitter: @CauseofDeath10 TikTok: @causeofdeath100secs Please don’t forget to rate and review on any of the platforms found here: Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/cause-of-death-1855050 You can support Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight here: Patreon: https://www.Patreon.com/JackieMoranty Ko-Fi: https://www.ko-fi.com/causeofdeathluckycharmsunplugg Merch can be found at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/causeofdeathluckycharmsunplugged Please share this podcast with everyone you know. Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight is a proud member of the Darkcast Network. Find us at @darkcastnetwork on Twitter and @DarkcastNetwork on Facebook. Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight can be found on all major podcast plat

Campy Show Notes: Cause of Death has a website! Come visit me at www.causeofdeath100secs.net. I also have an email address for the show at [email protected]. Feel free to interact with me in either place! I’m going to be doing a special 100 Seconds to Midnight episode in Season 7. I’d like those of you who had experiences growing up during the Cold War to talk about those experiences. If you’d like to be a guest on the show, I can arrange that. If you’d rather just write your stories and send them in, that’s fine, too. I can read them. These stories are important, and they need to be heard. Please participate if you can. You can reach me on the website at www.causeofdeath100secs.net or you can email me at [email protected]. My Link Tree can be found at: https://linktr.ee/CauseofDeathpod Etiology and Pathology: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/32/8/1201/479374 https://www.cdc.gov/campylobacter/technical.html https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/campylobacter https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537033/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627687/pdf/10081669.pdf https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/213720-overview https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/campylobacter-jejuni https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-018-0037-9 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/campylobacter-jejuni.html https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2011.00200/full https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286562077_The_history_of_Campylobacter_Taxonomy_and_nomenclature https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1198743X14633528 Darkcast Network – Promo by Yours Truly Podcast Promos: Ye Olde Crime Full Circle – the Podcast Music: There is No Sequel by Philip Ayers You can reach me on: Instagram and FB: @CauseofDeath Twitter: @CauseofDeath10 Please don’t forget to rate and review on any of the platforms found here: www.causeofdeath100secs.net You can support Cause of Death here: Subscribe on Apple Subscriptions Patreon: https://www.Patreon.com/JackieMoranty Ko-Fi: https://www.ko-fi.com/causeofdeathluckycharmsunplugg Merch can be found at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/causeofdeathluckycharmsunplugged Please share this podcast with everyone you know. Cause of Death is a proud member of the Darkcast Network. Find us at @darkcastnetwork on Twitter and @DarkcastNetwork on Facebook. Cause of Death can be found on all major podcast platforms.

It’s 90 seconds to midnight, my friends and we need to talk. Contact me at the website: www.causeofdeath100secs.net Check it out, leave a review, leave me a voicemail or an email. Look at the blog posts. Join my mailing list. There are so many ways to interact with me on that site that there’s no excuse not to! I also have a dedicated email for Cause of Death, you can reach me at [email protected]. Link Tree: https://www.linktr.ee.com/CauseofDeathpod 90 Seconds to Midnight Show Notes: https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/#post-heading https://www.icanw.org/hiroshima_and_nagasaki_bombings https://www.atomicarchive.com/resources/documents/med/med_chp3.html https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/mp03.asp https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-bomber-drops-atomic-bomb-on-hiroshima https://thebulletin.org/2021/11/the-untold-story-of-the-worlds-biggest-nuclear-bomb/ https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/disruptive-technology.asp https://www.sydle.com/blog/disruptive-technologies-61aa52868621853d1165bf07/ https://www.floridatechonline.com/blog/information-technology/disruptive-technology-definition-and-examples/ https://hbr.org/2015/12/what-is-disruptive-innovation https://thebulletin.org/disruptive-technologies/ https://thebulletin.org/disruptive-technologies/ https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1517441113 https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/05/09/how-misinformation-spreads-on-social-media-and-what-to-do-about-it/ https://www.stimson.org/2022/social-media-misinformation-and-the-prevention-of-political-instability-and-mass-atrocities/#:~:text=Scholars%20typically%20distinguish%20between%20social,subset%20of%20intentionally%20shared%20misinformation. https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2021/08/02/spotting-misinformation-on-social-media-is-increasingly-challenging/?sh=335785e62771 https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/mit-sloan-research-about-social-media-misinformation-and-elections https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/information-overload-helps-fake-news-spread-and-social-media-knows-it/ https://www.cdc.gov/anthrax/bioterrorism/index.html#:~:text=A%20biological%20attack%2C%20or%20bioterrorism,used%20in%20a%20biological%20attack. https://www.osha.gov/bioterrorism https://medlineplus.gov/biodefenseandbioterrorism.html https://www.interpol.int/en/Crimes/Terrorism/Bioterrorism https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3633289/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4921253/ https://health.hawaii.gov/docd/prevention/bioterrorism/ Darkcast Network – Promo by Yours Truly Podcast Promos: Batwings and Butterflies Creepy Tapas Music: Time Off by Damma Beatz You can reach me on: Instagram and FB: @CauseofDeath Twitter: @CauseofDeath10 TikTok: @causeofdeath100secs Please don’t forget to rate and review on any of the platforms found here: Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/cause-of-death-1855050 You can support Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight here: Patreon: https://www.Patreon.com/JackieMoranty Ko-Fi: https://www.ko-fi.com/causeofdeathluckycharmsunplugg Merch can be found at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/causeofdeathluckycharmsunplugged Please share this podcast with everyone you know. Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight is a proud member of the Darkcast Network. Find us at @darkcastnetwork on Twitter and @DarkcastNetwork on Facebook. Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight can be found on all major podcast platforms.

E. coli Show Notes: Cause of Death has a website! Come visit me at www.causeofdeath100secs.net. I also have an email address for the show at [email protected]. My Link Tree can be found at: https://linktr.ee/CauseofDeathpod Etiology and Pathology and History: https://elifesciences.org/articles/05826 https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/diarrheagenic-ecoli.html https://about-ecoli.com/ https://about-ecoli.com/ecoli_hemolytic_uremic_syndrome https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/escherichia-coli https://www.nature.com/articles/nrmicro818 https://academic.oup.com/femsle/article/363/19/fnw212/2236266 https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02162-15 https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/68841 Darkcast Network – Promo by Yours Truly Podcast Promos: Smoke Filled Rooms Ford and Vegas True Crime Music: There is No Sequel by Philip Ayers You can reach me on: Instagram and FB: @CauseofDeath Twitter: @CauseofDeath10 Please don’t forget to rate and review on any of the platforms found here: www.causeofdeath100secs.net You can support Cause of Death here: Subscribe on Apple Subscriptions Patreon: https://www.Patreon.com/JackieMoranty Ko-Fi: https://www.ko-fi.com/causeofdeathluckycharmsunplugg Merch can be found at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/causeofdeathluckycharmsunplugged Please share this podcast with everyone you know. Cause of Death is a proud member of the Darkcast Network. Find us at @darkcastnetwork on Twitter and @DarkcastNetwork on Facebook. Cause of Death can be found on all major podcast platforms.