WEBVTT - How Scabies Work

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<v Speaker 1>Brought to you by the reinvented two thousand twelve Camray.

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<v Speaker 1>It's ready. Are you welcome to stuff you should know

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<v Speaker 1>from house Stuff Works dot com. Hey, and welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>the podcast. I'm Josh Clark with me as always as

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<v Speaker 1>Charles W. Chuck Bryant. Yes, you can call me Montezuma. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Chuck's been a tad under the weather. Yes, he's been

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<v Speaker 1>out green kool aid. Right, Yeah, it's been awful. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>As most of you may know, we got back from

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<v Speaker 1>our Guatemala trip and uh, apparently Montezuma's revenge can strike

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<v Speaker 1>after you return. Yeah, because right when you got back

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<v Speaker 1>in the airport. When I got back, I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>I can't believe it didn't get sick and then boom

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<v Speaker 1>the next day. Yeah, I was pretty vigilant about maintaining

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<v Speaker 1>a water tight seal in my mouth when I was showering. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and being like a fat smoker, that's more difficult. And

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<v Speaker 1>you'd think when you're washing your face or here. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, I think that last night out that you

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<v Speaker 1>declined to go on drinking rum on the rocks and

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<v Speaker 1>that it was the ice in the bar. Dude, do

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<v Speaker 1>you drink ice? I did. There's your problem, buddy. Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it was fun. That was worth it. I'd do it again.

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<v Speaker 1>Jerry had the ice as well, and she's fine. Yeah, alright, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>moving on. I'm just gonna come out and say it.

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<v Speaker 1>My friend Mitch had scabies. I was gonna ask you

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<v Speaker 1>why you picked this, and it knew there was some reason,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was just praying that it wasn't you, it

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't me. No, okay no. But after reading this, it

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<v Speaker 1>turns out that the deep, deep shame that Mitch displays

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<v Speaker 1>whenever he talks about the scabies uh is is maybe

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<v Speaker 1>a bit misplaced. Yeah, it is not necessarily because he

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<v Speaker 1>uh is gross and has poor hygiene or or promiscuous.

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<v Speaker 1>Promiscuous he maybe those things. I don't know. No, he's not.

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<v Speaker 1>But it has nothing to do with scabies, right, which

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<v Speaker 1>sounds gross. They should change the name if they want

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<v Speaker 1>to get out of that realm of grossness, they should

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<v Speaker 1>not call it scaby. Well, they would have to change

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<v Speaker 1>the name of the mt that creates the problem of scabies,

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<v Speaker 1>the sarcoptis scabi. Yeah, that's where it comes from. But

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, that's such a cool name that they're never

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<v Speaker 1>going to change scabies. They may call it like um

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<v Speaker 1>sex rash, right right, or dirty rash. They could call

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<v Speaker 1>it one of those, but they'll probably stick with scabies instead. Right. So,

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<v Speaker 1>my dirty dirty friend Mitch, Um, it turns out wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>so dirty, and he's one of about three hundred million

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<v Speaker 1>people annually who come down with scabies worldwide. Yeah, a

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<v Speaker 1>lot more people than you would think. Yeah, because no

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<v Speaker 1>one talks about it for reasons that we mentioned, right, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's a lot of times equated with lice

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<v Speaker 1>um and really, uh, when you catch scabies, you can

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<v Speaker 1>be a very clean person because the might the sarcoptis scab.

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<v Speaker 1>I Uh. What happens is the female burrows down into

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<v Speaker 1>the skin and once she's down there, no soaper, water

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<v Speaker 1>is gonna do anything. Yeah, you can do your what

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<v Speaker 1>do you call it, the steel wool shower, soap and water,

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<v Speaker 1>you can. You can do that till the cows come home,

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<v Speaker 1>and you're still gonna have the females under your skin

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<v Speaker 1>laying eggs and that's your scabies outbreak, buddy boom. So,

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<v Speaker 1>the reason why scabies are so successful and infesting human

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<v Speaker 1>beings is because once a female scaby enters your skin

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<v Speaker 1>and digs down. And by the way, I strongly recommend

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<v Speaker 1>going on the site to read this article, if not

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<v Speaker 1>for the first image alone. Yeah, the little model of

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<v Speaker 1>the scab, big, full color grossness. So the female scaby

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<v Speaker 1>burrows into your skin, uh and begins to lay eggs

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<v Speaker 1>and um, the eggs actually mature, they reach sexual maturity

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<v Speaker 1>within like fourteen days, and so they start doing the

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<v Speaker 1>same thing. So all it takes is one female scabies

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<v Speaker 1>might uh to create an infestation under your skin. Problem

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<v Speaker 1>is you don't really notice for up to a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of months, usually a couple of weeks after the first

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<v Speaker 1>one gets into your skin. Yeah, that's where you really

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<v Speaker 1>get in trouble because not only can it really be

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<v Speaker 1>manifesting itself in your own skin, but you can be

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<v Speaker 1>spreading it to your family, anyone that's in contact with

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<v Speaker 1>you sexual partners obviously, right, Yeah, because it takes prolonged

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<v Speaker 1>close contact. Um. And that can be through spending the

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<v Speaker 1>night with somebody. It can be through sharing a towel

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<v Speaker 1>with somebody betting. Um, you shouldn't be sharing anyway, no reason.

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<v Speaker 1>Another one is, if you like bart, Let's say, I

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<v Speaker 1>want to borrow your one of your nice sweaters or

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<v Speaker 1>your fancy socks that you wear. Which one's we all

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<v Speaker 1>all your socks are fancy, my sock Ninja socks. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>sock Ninja socks. You wouldn't have to borrow that because

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<v Speaker 1>the very magnanimous owner of sock Ninja sent us both

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<v Speaker 1>some socks. Sney, that's right. But if we were to

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<v Speaker 1>share clothing, which we don't do, then I could pick

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<v Speaker 1>up your scabies sure and be itching like crazy. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>there a couple of weeks. You know. The itching is

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<v Speaker 1>from I do, but it has a reaction from the uh,

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<v Speaker 1>the might and their feces. That's really gross because I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>if you're a mite, you gotta poop somewhere, and if

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<v Speaker 1>you're burrowed under somebody's skin, that's where you're gonna poop. Yep.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, you have an allergic reaction to that. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's the biggest um symptom that you're gonna know

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<v Speaker 1>that you have scabies is um a rash, big time itching. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>You're gonna have like kind of a pimplee like reddish

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<v Speaker 1>bump area that forms like a larger rash. But each

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<v Speaker 1>one of those bumps generally represents a MT. Yes, the

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<v Speaker 1>average adolescent who has scabies has about eleven and they

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<v Speaker 1>could be mistaken for other things like mosquito bites. That's

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<v Speaker 1>why they're misdiagnosed sometimes too. You know what the dead

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<v Speaker 1>giveaway is for scabies though, what's that? Well, there's two

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<v Speaker 1>of them. Um. Sometimes there's a trail along your skin

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<v Speaker 1>that actually is represents the burrow that the female might

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<v Speaker 1>has dug into you. The one real to giveaway is

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<v Speaker 1>that your itching gets worse at night. Yes, scabies are photophobic.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't like the light, and so once the sun

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<v Speaker 1>goes down and the lights go out, they really become

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<v Speaker 1>most active. So if you have like a little pimple

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<v Speaker 1>rash that it's just like crazy. But really it's is

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<v Speaker 1>at night. My friends, you have scabies, yes, and if

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<v Speaker 1>it's on your wrist, we should talk about where you

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<v Speaker 1>can get it anywhere on your body, but for adults

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<v Speaker 1>the wrist is most common, and then the elbow, armpit, waste, buttocks,

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<v Speaker 1>between the fingers, and then the penis and the nipples.

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<v Speaker 1>Penis scabies have to be the worst. Yeah, I can't imagine,

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<v Speaker 1>That's all I have to say. I just can't imagine well,

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<v Speaker 1>kids actually chuck get scabies in slightly different areas. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>like you said adults, you listed off the adults with kids. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>it's common in the scalp area, the face, neck, palms,

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<v Speaker 1>face scabies penis gabies, which is worse. Mm hmm that

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<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't want either face gabies. Obviously people are gonna

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<v Speaker 1>see so it might cause some embarrassment. I put all

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<v Speaker 1>of my money on penis gabies being worse. I'm done

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<v Speaker 1>with that, Chuck, Josh. Crusted scabies, Is that where you're going? Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>crusted scabies oka a Norwegian scabies. Yeah, I wonder where

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<v Speaker 1>makes you wonder what the hell is going on with

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<v Speaker 1>the Norwegians? Know they aren't a common which is a

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<v Speaker 1>good thing because it's infinitely more gross. I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>very severe and it's identified by thick crusts over the skin.

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<v Speaker 1>And each of these crusts can contain millions of the

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<v Speaker 1>mites scaping mites. Right, Remember we said the adolescent average

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<v Speaker 1>adolescent with scabies has about eleven females gaby mites. If

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<v Speaker 1>you have Norwegian scabies, you have, like you said, millions

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<v Speaker 1>under skin, You're in big trouble. You're highly highly contagious,

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<v Speaker 1>but they may not itch. No, and that's one of

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<v Speaker 1>the reasons why you you you don't get the scabies

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<v Speaker 1>wratch from what I took from the article. Um, you

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<v Speaker 1>get the scabies rash in large part from scratching, like

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<v Speaker 1>from scratching your skin over and over again. Um, and

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<v Speaker 1>you you don't get that rash. And one of the

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<v Speaker 1>reasons why people who get Norwegian scabies don't have that

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<v Speaker 1>kind of rash and inst they get scaly skin is

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<v Speaker 1>because it infects people in large part who can't itch physically,

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<v Speaker 1>like the paralyze, the paraplegic. Can you imagine though, like

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<v Speaker 1>and not being able to But would you have sensation? No,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a good question. Someone will probably right in and

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<v Speaker 1>tell us, so, chuck. One of the reasons why scabies

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<v Speaker 1>are so insidious, you might say, is because they spread

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<v Speaker 1>fairly easily, and because the moment that female scaby starts

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<v Speaker 1>laying eggs, you are contagious. So um, even if you

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<v Speaker 1>don't know it right right, because like we said it,

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<v Speaker 1>it can take weeks and up to a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>months for the symptoms of first appier. But the whole

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<v Speaker 1>time you're being infested and infested and invested right, Um,

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<v Speaker 1>but you're still contagious and it spreads fairly easily. So

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<v Speaker 1>places where people live in close quarters, prisons, nursing homes,

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<v Speaker 1>institutions for the criminally insane, um, shutter island, right, they

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<v Speaker 1>they can have scabies outbreaks fairly easily. Yeah, I think. So,

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<v Speaker 1>what happens if you suddenly have a pimply rash on

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<v Speaker 1>your penis that starts to it's really badly at night? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>after you shriek and terrifying pain and shock and horror,

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<v Speaker 1>you should go to a doctor obviously, first things first,

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<v Speaker 1>and the doctor will most likely prescribe a scape aside

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<v Speaker 1>prescription strength scape aside, and this is UM usually topical.

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<v Speaker 1>It will be like a lotion. Let's say you gotta

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<v Speaker 1>put all over your body, lay around for like six

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<v Speaker 1>or eight hours with this lotion on your body and

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<v Speaker 1>hopefully that'll clear it up. Yeah. There's the most readily

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<v Speaker 1>prescribed um. Scape aside is called elamite or elamite, very

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<v Speaker 1>clever um. There's another one called lyndane, and both of

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<v Speaker 1>those are pharmaceutical topical scap sides, and both of them, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you have to leave on for hours usually overnight and

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<v Speaker 1>when you wake up you wash it off, and usually

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<v Speaker 1>both are effective after one treatment. The horrible thing about

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<v Speaker 1>scabies is the itching can continue for a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>weeks after, so you're still freaked out like it didn't work.

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<v Speaker 1>It didn't work, so you really have to kind of

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<v Speaker 1>white knuckle it after you cover yourself with your stuff

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<v Speaker 1>and kind of hope that it worked. But well, you

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<v Speaker 1>can do stuff about the itching too, though, and we

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<v Speaker 1>should point out that like calamine lotion and these things

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<v Speaker 1>that you would get for like poison ivy or something

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<v Speaker 1>that will help the itch, but that doesn't do anything

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<v Speaker 1>to eradicate the scabies. No, you need to one to

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<v Speaker 1>punch it. Same with cool baths. That's h prescribed to

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<v Speaker 1>help believe ate the horrible, horrible itching. Um. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not going to do anything to eliminate the scabies.

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<v Speaker 1>So you've got a couple of pharmaceutical options. What's more, UM,

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<v Speaker 1>since it is very easy to spread, you shouldn't be

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<v Speaker 1>the only one with the lindane or illimite. All of

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<v Speaker 1>your family members should do the same treatment. Your betting

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<v Speaker 1>should be dusting gasoline and set on fire. At the

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<v Speaker 1>very least has to be washed on the hottest setting. Yeah, sanitize.

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<v Speaker 1>We have a sanitize setting on that we use quite

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<v Speaker 1>a bit at our house. Yeah, well, not for scab

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<v Speaker 1>kills anything. We have animals, you know, they'll pee on something,

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<v Speaker 1>so we'll wash it on yeah yeah. Um, and you

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<v Speaker 1>can also take it to a dry cleaner. And when

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<v Speaker 1>I read that line in this article, I started to think, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's true. Dry cleaners actually have fairly dangerous jobs, like

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<v Speaker 1>the stuff that gets brought to them. That if you're

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<v Speaker 1>bringing your scabies infected clothes, scabies infested clothes to your

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<v Speaker 1>dry cleaner, what else is some other guy bringing to him?

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<v Speaker 1>You know? I know, wow, Yeah, I never thought about that.

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<v Speaker 1>So you've got your family unlockdown, everybody's covered in ointment,

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<v Speaker 1>the bed is on fire in the back um at

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<v Speaker 1>the very least, it's unsanitized, and in the laundry um.

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<v Speaker 1>And you realize, you know what, I'm not really the

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<v Speaker 1>kind to use highly toxic pharmaceutical ointments. What options this

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<v Speaker 1>person like me have? Josh, there are a couple of options. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>There is something called the name tree native to India,

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<v Speaker 1>and extract. It's a paste made from extract from that tree,

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<v Speaker 1>and in studies and this isn't just a little you

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<v Speaker 1>know all shucks. Home Remedy actually have done studies and

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<v Speaker 1>found that it's n effective and it's not toxic. So

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<v Speaker 1>that's a good option. Yeah, a little a little closer

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<v Speaker 1>to home t tree oil. Yeah, well that's the one

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<v Speaker 1>that we have that in our house. We use had

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<v Speaker 1>a lot. That's a great um, anti fungal, antibiotic, anti bacteria.

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<v Speaker 1>It's it's good for a lot of stuff, right, But

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<v Speaker 1>if you're going to use it in some sort of ointment,

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<v Speaker 1>you want to dilute, dilute, dilute, as adherents of doctor

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<v Speaker 1>Brauner are familiar with um, because it will burn your skin. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you want to be real careful with that. Actually, the

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<v Speaker 1>stuff we use, I didn't think it was too diluted.

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<v Speaker 1>It's strong, right, you want to dilute it yourself. What

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<v Speaker 1>we don't do? You rub it on your skin like

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<v Speaker 1>in large portions, not large portions, like I'll have like

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<v Speaker 1>a pimple and Emily will put like some tea tree

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<v Speaker 1>on it. Let's try it out or something. So just

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<v Speaker 1>like a little little dabble, do you as they say,

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<v Speaker 1>you can also use sulfur. Yeah, I saw that sulfur ointment,

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<v Speaker 1>that that's good for treating kids if you don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to slather your kids in the toxic chemicals. Another study

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<v Speaker 1>found that, um, the sulfur ointment was just as effective

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<v Speaker 1>in treating children with scabies as the prescribed ointments. So

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<v Speaker 1>it does work. But yeah, most of the other folk

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<v Speaker 1>remedies out there aren't going to do anything but alleviate itching, right, well,

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<v Speaker 1>which is good. Oh yeah, you want that too, but

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<v Speaker 1>you also want to get rid of the scabies infestation.

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<v Speaker 1>So um, chuck josh true or false. Scabies strikes all

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<v Speaker 1>races indiscriminately true. False. Really, for some reason that no

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<v Speaker 1>one knows yet, African Americans are not nearly susceptible to

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<v Speaker 1>scabies as everybody else. Well, good for them, isn't they cool?

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<v Speaker 1>So that's one less thing to worry about. Well, that's good, chuck,

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<v Speaker 1>true or false. Chiggers and scabies are the same thing, faults.

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<v Speaker 1>Chiggers are different. But they also well, no, they don't

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<v Speaker 1>burrow under the skin. That is a falsehood people think

0:14:41.120 --> 0:14:43.120
<v Speaker 1>they do. They actually feed on top of the skin,

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<v Speaker 1>but they do dig into the skin, inject you with

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<v Speaker 1>something to kill your tissue and necrotic enzyme and yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>basically they vomit that on your skin to kill the tissue,

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<v Speaker 1>and then they feed on that tissue. And I've had

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<v Speaker 1>everyone said chiggers. If you've been like to the beach,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know that I have before. Yeah, you probably have.

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<v Speaker 1>If you can, like camping in the woods, you probably

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<v Speaker 1>had checkers. Yeah, well they got a bitch and feeding process. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's gross. And they itch like crazy too. How many

0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:12.360
<v Speaker 1>people out there are scratching right now? Did you notice

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<v Speaker 1>that when you were reading the article? Did you itch

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit? I'm itching right now. It's like the

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<v Speaker 1>contagious yawning one, right, yeah, contagious itching? Um, and then

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<v Speaker 1>chuck true or false fault? Right? Yeah? Scabies means you're

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<v Speaker 1>a dirty person. Oh faults? Yeah, of course not. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't mean you're promiscuous, no, mitch. Although they do point

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<v Speaker 1>out that intercourse is a common way because that means

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<v Speaker 1>prolonged physical physical contact. Well put chuck, very tidy, thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>Also it means, in a lot of cases, if you're

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<v Speaker 1>not just some jerk, uh, that you are sharing the

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<v Speaker 1>bed together too, And betting, as we've seen, is one

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<v Speaker 1>way that you can get scabies. And maybe sharing a towel.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe so if it's like a sexy next morning as well,

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<v Speaker 1>or if you're a very clean person afterwards. Um, so

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<v Speaker 1>that's scabies. I guess right. Yeah, when was this? He's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna murder me by the way for this recently? No,

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<v Speaker 1>it was a while ago. Then he's all good, Yeah

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<v Speaker 1>he's fine. Now did he get a scape aside? I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sure he did. He's a Yeah, he's a clean guy. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>he's not dirty in any other way either. Good as

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<v Speaker 1>far as I know. Um, and yeah he's Does he

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<v Speaker 1>know where he caught it? No, he won't admit to

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<v Speaker 1>knowing where he got We're gonna get emails from people

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<v Speaker 1>that are gonna say, you know what, I had scabies

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<v Speaker 1>and don't tell anyone. But I hope, I hope chuck

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<v Speaker 1>through this. We've gotten the point across that if you've

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<v Speaker 1>had scabies, don't be ashamed. If you know somebody who's

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<v Speaker 1>had scabies, it's not that big of a deal. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't see a doctor because that's one reason it can

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<v Speaker 1>get worse. It's because you're you're so ashamed you'll try

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<v Speaker 1>to like knock it out at home without going to

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<v Speaker 1>get the scape aside, so just suck it up. Doctors

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<v Speaker 1>have seen it all. They definitely have one in a

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<v Speaker 1>million shots yet exactly. Yeah, Well, if you have more

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<v Speaker 1>questions about scabies or you want to see a truly

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<v Speaker 1>truly cool picture type in scabies in the handy search

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<v Speaker 1>bart how stuff works dot com. Since I just said that, everybody,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, it means it's time for listener mil Yes

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<v Speaker 1>it is Josh. And before I read this, I do

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<v Speaker 1>want to say quickly so the emails will stop. We

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<v Speaker 1>or have been schooled, and we know now that Amish

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<v Speaker 1>people love their Walmart. Everybody knows that. We didn't know that.

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<v Speaker 1>Apparently in in theory, there's no Amish in Georgia. In theory,

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<v Speaker 1>the Amish want to support the mom and pop that

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<v Speaker 1>is within their their mindset. But apparently they dig the Walmart,

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<v Speaker 1>because hundreds of people have written in and apparently in

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<v Speaker 1>Lancaster we've also reor corrected on how to pronounce that

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<v Speaker 1>they they have buggy sheds at the Walmart in the

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<v Speaker 1>in the shade where they can tie up their buggies

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<v Speaker 1>and so the horses can can relax. It's nice for

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<v Speaker 1>the horses. And they said that they're in there with

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<v Speaker 1>the digital cameras, like looking at them and have you

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<v Speaker 1>seen the moose playing in the sprinkler? Is that code

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<v Speaker 1>for something? No, it's so cute. Go on YouTube and

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<v Speaker 1>type um baby moose playing in sprinkler or something like that.

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<v Speaker 1>Somebody in the backyard just says they're sprinkler and these

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<v Speaker 1>two baby moose are running through. It's really cute. It's

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<v Speaker 1>crazy all right. On the listener mail, This is from

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<v Speaker 1>Stephanie in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Yeah, not Autawa, Canada. Hi,

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<v Speaker 1>Josh and Chuck and Jerry. I'm a regular listener of

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<v Speaker 1>your awesome podcast and I just finished listening to the

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<v Speaker 1>podcast on brail. I am totally blind and have been

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<v Speaker 1>using brail since the age of four. I thought you

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<v Speaker 1>made a lot of good points and ask some really

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<v Speaker 1>interesting questions. To answer one of those questions, brail you

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<v Speaker 1>generally see in public places, that is, bathrooms, atm machines, etcetera,

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<v Speaker 1>is contracted or grade two brail, at least here it

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<v Speaker 1>is in Canada. Uh. In English Braille, there are no

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<v Speaker 1>contractions for numbers, so they could be read by a

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<v Speaker 1>user of any system. Despite the fact that grade two

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<v Speaker 1>brail is more commonly seen. I think it is good

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<v Speaker 1>to begin with grade one brail, especially for children, as

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<v Speaker 1>it ensures that they will have the ability to spell

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<v Speaker 1>later on. When using contracted brail, you don't spell out

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<v Speaker 1>words full length and so wouldn't learn how they were

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<v Speaker 1>spelled if it weren't for grade one brail. Another thing

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<v Speaker 1>I thought was interesting was a lack of brail on

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<v Speaker 1>the currency in the US. Here in Canada there is

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<v Speaker 1>actually a brail system on the currency. We don't have

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<v Speaker 1>the numbers, but a different number of full brail cells

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<v Speaker 1>on each bill, so for example, the five has one

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<v Speaker 1>full cell, the ten has two, et cetera. I have noticed, however,

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<v Speaker 1>that despite the effort, the brail eventually becomes faded and unreadable.

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<v Speaker 1>So brail currency it's a good idea in theory, but

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<v Speaker 1>it only works in the short term and blind people

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<v Speaker 1>are back to folding bills before too long. So thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for the interesting insight. I look forward to listening to more.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's from Stephanie. Thanks Stephanie. Insight from a blind

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<v Speaker 1>person on the grade one or two or both debate, Um,

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<v Speaker 1>if you have an exciting email for us about anything

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<v Speaker 1>at all. I can't think of anything right now, right, Chuck?

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<v Speaker 1>Can you anything itchy? Oh, that's a good one. If

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