Is Spitting Really Bad?

In the wrong context, or if you force someone to sort of take your saliva when they don't want it, saliva sharing can be really bad. And so one question is whether these two inferences about saliva are related. Another amazing connection that came up in the show was made for me by Hannah Carey. She published a paper on the role of a certain type of bacteria in helping squirrels hibernate or enter the state called torpor. The other benefit is there are studies supported by NASA in the 50s and 60s that suggest the torpor state protects against radiation damage.

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