The colder it gets, the more we huddle indoors. This increased proximity is blamed for the proliferation of viruses and bacterial infections during winter months. It is bitter cold today. This is Introduction to Literature:
To stave off infections, we are told to wash hands frequently, get plenty of sleep and dress warmly when outside, thereby protecting each individual's resistance. Wearing a warm hat is recommended, but not always practiced.
Following assembly, we pile into the Wise center.... a couple of hundred walking petri dishes ready to exchange pathogens.
These students are tearing into a Fed Ex shipment.
Maintaining personal space is another often ignored recommendation. Will has stumbled on something too good to keep to himself.
It's really good!
We have just a minute for a group pose before the start of the next academic block.
Let's visit Advanced Placement Biology, where we're starting a lab that's right on topic.
We're working, very closely, on an experiment that monitors the growth of E. Coli bacteria in real Petri dishes.
The medium is prepared with various anti-bacteria, so the lab replicates the kind of work conducted to manufacture effective vaccines.
The samples emerge from a warm incubator smelling a little foul! Harris and Stephen monitor the growth of their bacteria.
Stay well!
