Fact Checking Immunity, Travel & Masks

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.5 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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How long does our Covid-19 immunity last? Can we still get Covid-19 if we wear a mask? Did travel bans actually save lives? Today, CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta breaks down some of the big misconceptions about the pandemic including a few coming from the White House itself. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The virus is now winning.
0:03.0	More than 218,000 people in the U.S. have died.
0:07.0	And yet President Trump is still out there traveling the country.
0:10.0	We are not where we need to be.
0:12.0	In fact, this is the cold and flu season.
0:14.0	And next, what happens is hospitalizations.
0:17.0	This is a crucial moment in the pandemic.
0:20.0	As we see yet another uptick in cases across the country.
0:23.0	In fact, last week, the United States surpassed
0:26.0	8 million cases of COVID-19.
0:30.0	And it's not just the virus.
0:32.0	The misinformation continues to spread as well.
0:35.0	So I wanted to take some time today to address some of the biggest misconceptions about the virus that I continue to hear.
0:42.0	I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent.
0:46.0	And this is coronavirus.
0:48.0	Fact versus fiction.
0:57.0	Let's start with immunity.
0:59.0	I went through it. Now they say, I'm immune.
1:02.0	I can feel I feel so powerful.
1:04.0	I'll walk into that audience.
1:06.0	I'll walk in there. I'll kiss everyone in that audience.
1:10.0	This past week, President Trump returned to the campaign trail.
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