Has COVID-19 weakened our immunity?

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Natural Sciences, Science, Science Radio, Naked Scientists, Health & Fitness, Engineering, Medicine, Technology, Life Sciences

4.6 • 958 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

You've probably heard of Omicron, but what about Nimbus and Stratus? These are the latest COVID strains spreading around the world, and for most people they'll amount to a heavy cold at worst, lasting just a few days. Or will they? Are these coronaviruses doing more to our immune systems than meets the eye? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running.
0:04.6	Absolutely genius.
0:05.4	Welcome.
0:06.3	Welcome.
0:07.2	This is the show where we bring you science.
0:09.0	What that essentially means is...
0:10.5	Discovery is advanced.
0:11.6	Research.
0:12.8	Technology.
0:13.7	Unbelievable.
0:14.7	Without further ado.
0:15.6	This is the Naked Scientists.
0:18.3	Hello, welcome to the Naked Scientist podcast, the show that brings you the biggest
0:21.9	breakthroughs and talks to the major movers and shakers in the worlds of science, technology
0:26.3	and medicine.
0:27.9	I'm Chris Smith, and today we're examining the impact of COVID on our immunity.
0:46.7	You've been doing the impact of COVID on our immunity. You've been heard of Omicron, but how about Nimbus or Stratus?
0:51.4	These are the latest COVID strains that are spreading around the world, and thankfully for most people now, they'll just amount to a heavy cold at worst
0:54.8	and last a few days or will they are these coronaviruses doing more to our immune systems than meets
1:01.9	the eye that's what we're going to explore this week because anecdotally and officially we're seeing
1:07.6	more frequent infections and also some more unusual and more severe infections
1:11.8	that are occurring at greater rates for the time of year than we would do normally.
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