Topic: Microbiology

Dr. Zhang Guochu and her team were evicted from Canada's Level 4 National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg following a security policy breach. The investigation involved the RCMP and focused on unauthorized administrative matters related to work trips to China. Concurrently, US officials praised China's coordination while warning that limited person-to-person transmission in the US was likely.

In July 2019, prominent Chinese researcher Dr. Xiangguo Qiu and her team were evicted from Canada's only Level 4 microbiology lab amid a security investigation. The incident has fueled speculation regarding the potential transfer of biological research to Wuhan-linked institutions.

The hosts deconstruct a study from the American Society for Microbiology regarding the dispersion of bacteria by bathroom hand dryers. The study suggests that high-powered dryers suck in fecal particles and blow them onto users' hands and into the air.

The hosts discuss Kombucha, describing it as a "gob of goo" or acetic acid colony. Dvorak shares his 35-year history of growing vinegar from leftover wine, warning that certain home-brewed cultures can produce "poisonous" vinegar that causes severe heartburn or ulcers.