How Immunity Works

Social Distance

The Atlantic Monthly Group, LLC

Health & Fitness, News, Science

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Katherine gets the results of her coronavirus and antibody tests. She has questions about what they mean, so immunologist Dr. Lisa Butterfield joins to explain the immune system (with help from Jim’s metaphors). Support the show by subscribing to The Atlantic: theatlantic.com/supportus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.0	Jim.
0:40.0	Next up, James Hamlin, a doctor who says showering will kill you.
0:44.0	Dr Hamlin.
0:50.0	Um, can I be the caller? That's what I've been up to.
0:52.0	Bring bring.
0:54.0	Yeah.
0:55.0	Hi, hi, how can I help you?
0:56.5	Dr Hamlin, this is Catherine. I'm calling from Brooklyn, New York.
1:02.0	I have a question for you. I got a coronavirus test a week ago Monday,
1:09.2	and I got the results back this week and I have some questions about how to interpret them.
1:14.0	caller do you have a question for Dr Hamlin about showering and white will kill you?
1:19.0	It's not about showering it's about my coronavirus test, which I'd like to discuss with him.
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