How to (Actually) Protect Yourself from COVID-19 with Immunologist Erin Bromage

Factually! with Adam Conover

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Comedy

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2020

⏱️ 75 minutes

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States, stores, and workplaces are reopening. But how can we tell which spaces and activities are safe, and which aren’t? UMass Dartmouth immunologist Erin Bromage joins Adam to reveal what situations to avoid, how to protect yourself, and which risky-seeming form of transportation is actually surprisingly safe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This is a HeadGum Podcast. I don't know what to think
0:13.0	I don't know what to say
0:16.0	you're the got all right
0:19.0	yeah that's all right
0:21.0	yeah that's okay
0:22.0	I don't know anything Okay, I'm not going to go.
0:25.0	Hello.
0:28.0	Hello, welcome to factually. I'm Adam Conover, and look, COVID-1919 if you haven't noticed is very much not over but that
0:36.4	hasn't stopped every single state in the country from beginning the process of
0:40.6	opening back up and because once, we simply do not have a unified national strategy for reopening.
0:47.0	H. H. H. We wish we did, but we does not exist.
0:50.0	Well, states are free to choose their own pandemic adventure, and most of them seem to be choosing the bad ending.
0:58.0	With 21 states now showing rising caseloads over the weekend, it's difficult to feel confident in any state's response,
1:05.2	and it's even harder for us to understand what makes one plan work and another plan not work.
1:10.6	Like, is there something about the roller rinks and pool halls of West Virginia that make
1:14.7	them safer than the ones in Wisconsin? If there is, I don't know what it is. So in the absence of clear national
1:21.2	guidance, how do we the people, as average Americans, tell what environments are safe and what aren't?
1:27.0	Like, let's talk about my industry, comedy. I am desperate to do stand-up comedy again.
1:31.5	My dog and my girlfriend are sick of listening to my
1:34.3	observations. I need an audience. Well, hey maybe good news, some comedy clubs are
1:39.7	opening back up. But wait, are they opening up safely enough to stop their being a spike in cases at
1:46.3	their shows? Like, I'm not sure which of my jokes are worth risking the lives of a room full
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