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Ebola Czar show

Health Matters Radio Show
Health Matters Radio Show
Health Matters Radio Show

Ebola is named after the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The word, “Czar” is an abbreviation of Caesar, taken by Eastern European rulers, including Ivan the Terrible. Richard Nixon used the term for a government official in charge of all things pertaining to one government function, a position he likened to Albert Speer’s in Nazi Germany. From these despicable origins, we now have a Czar in charge of Ebola. We will talk about Ebola plus toothbrushes and pneumonia vaccines on this show.

Tip:  The CDC is now recommending a two-stage pneumonia vaccine to be taken at age 65. The first stage uses the Prevnar 13 vaccine, and the Pneumovax 23 (the old “pneumonia vaccine”), is taken six months to one year later.

Links:

The CDC on pneumococcal vaccine

Honey for treating canker sores in the mouth

Greg Jenkins has been the Operations Director at MSPR since 1999. Greg is a 1996 graduate of Morehead State University with a BME in Music Education and received a Masters of Science in Industrial Technology in 2008. Greg oversees training, scheduling, and evaluation of the student board operator staff, preparation of the daily traffic logs and serves as weekday classical music host. He is also the webmaster of the MSPR website and maintains MSPR's webstreaming and podcasting.