Hello, folks. Welcome back to the WOOP podcast, where we sit down with top athletes,

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at their peak. And what you can do to unlock your own best performance, I'm your host,

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will. That's WI-L. Check us at Woop.com. Okay, this week's episode, Yale, coronavirus, expert,

Dr. Nicholas, Christakis, returns. He's back.

This is the third interview we've had with Nicholas at various stages of COVID-19. It's a fascinating

discussion. We talk about COVID-19 vaccines, booster shots, masking policies. We talk about kids in schools. Should they be wearing masks?

Should they be vaccinated or not? Where are we headed as a society with COVID now that we're a

year and a half into the pandemic? What's going to get us out of what Nicholas describes as

the end of the beginning and what's going to get us towards the

beginning of the end, Nicholas joined us at the beginning of the pandemic and the end of 2020.

So there are two other episodes that you can listen to.

The first was really more about what is COVID-19, what is the coronavirus.

The second was about how the pandemic has been spreading. And now this is really

a state of the union and what we're seeing with vaccines. We also go deep on the origin of COVID-19.

That was an interesting theme. You should check out Nicholas's book, Apollo's Arrow, the profound

and enduring impact of coronavirus on the Way We Live.

I think it's the best book that's been written on COVID-19 to date.

But without further ado, let's hear from Nicholas himself.

Nicholas, welcome back to the WOOC podcast.

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