5 years after COVID, what did we learn? | Dr. Tim Spector

ZOE Science & Nutrition

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Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Education, Science

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🗓️ 21 November 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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🥑 Make smarter food choices. Become a member at zoe.com - 10% off with code PODCAST 🌱 Try our new plant based wholefood supplement - Daily 30+ *Naturally high in copper which contributes to normal energy yielding metabolism and the normal function of the immune system Follow ZOE on Instagram. Timecodes 00:00 What did we learn from COVID? 01:44 Quickfire questions 04:22 ZOE's response to the pandemic 10:10 5 crucial days 14:06 How new symptoms were discovered 23:40 Did the virus come from a lab? 28:00 Were face masks worth it? 29:02 The data on lockdowns 36:01 The economic costs 37:50 Effectiveness of vaccines 40:04 Side effects of vaccines 46:10 Is there a cure for Long COVID 48:39 The role of food choices 51:24 How to fight off infections 52:30 The risks of junk food 📚Books by our ZOE Scientists The Food For Life Cookbook Every Body Should Know This by Dr Federica Amati Food For Life by Prof. Tim Spector Free resources from ZOE Live Healthier: Top 10 Tips From ZOE Science & Nutrition Gut Guide - For a Healthier Microbiome in Weeks Mentioned in today's episode The WHO estimates of excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic (2022), published in Nature Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations (2023), published in Nature Reviews Microbiology The role of COVID-19 vaccines in preventing post-COVID-19 thromboembolic and cardiovascular complications Have feedback or a topic you'd like us to cover? Let us know here. Episode transcripts are available here.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Zoe Science and Nutrition, where world-leading scientists explain how their research can improve your health.
0:07.0	I know. No one wants to talk about COVID anymore. Who wants to live in the past?
0:19.0	The thing about the past is, we can learn from it.
0:24.2	When COVID-19 started spreading across the world, Zoe dropped everything to help. My co-founder, Tim
0:30.9	Spector, was in the thick of it. Tim kept us all informed through updates from the Zoe COVID study.
0:37.2	He received an award from the Queen for helping keep the public safe.
0:42.0	These dark days are behind us, but what we learned could help us improve our day-to-day
0:46.6	health.
0:48.0	And could another pandemic be around the corner?
0:51.0	Studies suggest that pandemics are becoming increasingly frequent and severe.
0:55.0	So are we prepared for the next one?
1:00.0	Today, we learn lessons from the past to help us plan for the future.
1:04.0	Tim is one of the world's top 100 most cited scientists,
1:08.0	a professor of epidemiology and my scientific co-founder at Zoe. He will break
1:12.8	down what really happened during COVID and the things we got right and wrong. You'll leave this
1:18.9	episode feeling more confident and equipped for any future virus. Tim, thank you for joining me today.
1:28.6	Great, fun. I'm looking forward to it.
1:30.7	Well, you know how it goes.
1:32.6	We always start with a quickfire round of questions.
1:35.0	Are you ready to go?
1:36.3	I'm all in, as always.
1:38.7	All right.
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