Dr. Gupta Answers Your Covid-19 Questions
Chasing Life
CNN
4.5 • 8K Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | How often do I need to use a fresh mask? |
| 0:04.9 | I'm wondering under what conditions my family can see my parents who are over the age of 70. |
| 0:11.2 | How do we know when it's safe to allow people into our home? |
| 0:19.2 | There's no question that coronavirus has reshaped the way we all live our lives. |
| 0:24.0 | Can you even imagine the life we have now compared to six months ago? |
| 0:28.8 | All along, I've been getting so many questions from our listeners about how to best adapt to this new normal. |
| 0:35.3 | Over the last several months, the questions have really changed. |
| 0:38.9 | They become much more specific. |
| 0:41.3 | From washing masks, house visits, summer travel, just navigating your way through life. |
| 0:47.5 | So today, I wanted to try and tackle some of those questions. |
| 0:52.3 | I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent. |
| 0:56.1 | And this is coronavirus, fact versus fiction. |
| 1:06.0 | How do we know that heat actually kills COVID-19? |
| 1:11.7 | I know why people are asking the question. |
| 1:14.1 | Summer's almost here, and we're hoping that this pandemic will be over soon as a result. |
| 1:19.8 | But the thing is, it's probably not going to go away just because of the warmer weather. |
| 1:24.8 | We do know that other viruses in the same family generally survive for less time in warmer temperatures. |
| 1:30.5 | But experts say it's still too early to tell if this is going to make a dent when it comes to the spread of COVID-19. |
| 1:36.7 | If you look at a map of the world and find places right now with the warmest climate, |
| 1:41.7 | it's become clear that the virus is still spreading in those areas. |
| 1:45.7 | Additionally, what researchers will tell you is the primary factor currently driving transmission |
| 1:51.8 | is less about the weather and more about our current lack of immunity to COVID-19. |
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