COVID Science Update (w/Drs. Peter Attia, Monica Gandhi, & Marty Makary)

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🗓️ 24 January 2022

⏱️ 168 minutes

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Dr. Peter Attia (host of The Drive), Dr. Marty Makary (Johns Hopkins professor), Dr. Monica Gandhi and I team up to drop some mad COVID science.Check out full show notes and Peter's podcast, The Drive here. Topics & Timecodes:Severity of infection from Omicron—reviewing the data [5:15]; Factors contributing to the relative mildness of Omicron infections [8:30]; Is SARS-CoV-2 evolving to cause less severe disease? [13:00]; Potential of Covaxin—an inactivated virus-based COVID-19 vaccine [17:45]; How B cells and T cells work together to defend against viruses [22:00]; Comparing the COVID-19 vaccines, and the rationale for the time between doses [25:30]; Reviewing the purpose and effectiveness of boosters for reducing severity and transmission [32:30]; Debating vaccine mandates, and putting COVID’s mortality risk in perspective [41:00]; Why the topic of COVID has become so polarized [1:03:15]; Reviewing the data on masks for protecting oneself and protecting others [1:06:30]; The inconsistent logic used for mask mandates [1:16:00]; Long COVID and the potential for vaccines to reduce risk [1:21:45]; Risks for children and policies for schools [1:27:30]; Reviewing the outcomes from Sweden, where the government didn’t impose lockdowns [1:31:00]; Draconian measures implemented in Canada [1:28:15]; Antiviral treatments for COVID and a common-sense approach [1:42:15]; Importance of ending tribalism and having rational discussions with humility [1:47:30]; Treating infection with monoclonal antibodies and convalescent sera [2:01:45]; Reviewing claims made by the controversial Dr. Robert Malone [2:11:15]; A potential exit strategy from the current situation [2:30:30]; Change needed at the NIH [2:40:00] Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.0	Hey everyone, Dr. Z, welcome to the Z-Dog MD show.
0:47.0	This episode is a little different.
0:48.0	It's like what we did last time with Dr. Peter Atia and Dr. Marty McCurray,
0:53.0	where we three talked about COVID and all the things,
0:57.0	and it was for Peter's podcast, The Drive,
0:59.0	which I'm going to link to in the show notes.
1:01.0	We're doing a sequel here, and we've added Dr. Monica Gandhi,
1:05.0	UCSF Infectious Disease Specialist and Professor of Medicine,
1:08.0	and it's just, it's a great conversation.
1:11.0	So we talk about masks, long COVID, boosters, mandates, treatments,
1:16.0	all kinds of stuff.
1:17.0	I'll put a breakdown that Peter's team gave me in the show notes.
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