Summary
Is an Omicron infection inevitable? Which drugs still work? Is this the last hurrah of the pandemic? This week we have three of the country’s greatest scientific minds teasing apart what Omicron means for our lives now and in the future. Prof Eleanor Riley, Prof Azra Ghani and Prof Sir Martin Landray also tackle your, at times controversial questions! And our regular Dr Rohin Francis gives us a first-hand account of the pressures on NHS staff?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Greg Jenna and good news, Your Dead to Me is back for a new series. Here we go. Yes, we'll explore Emperor Nero's notorious reign with Professor Marybeard and Patton Oswald. I would not want my daughter having the remote control, not alone an empire. We'll dissect the decadent life of Philippe Duke-Dor-Leon with Tom Allen. I've often tried to pretend I'm an aristocrat and being very quickly knocked down. |
| 0:23.0 | And there'll be so much more with comedians like Olga Koch, Mike Mosniak and Rihalina. |
| 0:26.9 | Unexcited. |
| 0:27.6 | You're dead to me. |
| 0:28.5 | The comedy podcast that takes history seriously. |
| 0:30.9 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:34.4 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:39.5 | Hello and welcome to the Inside Health podcast. I'm James Galaher. |
| 0:44.5 | I'm just walking down Oxford Street on my way to the studio at New Broadcasting House. |
| 0:49.4 | Plenty of people out, despite the constant drizzle. |
| 0:52.4 | But I don't know about you. It feels like it's a bit of a weird time. |
| 0:56.0 | I know a few months ago I was thinking that this winter would be relatively smooth sailing. |
| 1:01.0 | But then this happened. |
| 1:03.0 | Boris Johnson has just announced new COVID controls after two cases of the highly transmissible |
| 1:09.0 | Omicron variant were discovered in the UK. |
| 1:11.6 | Now we're in the world of Omicron. |
| 1:14.6 | It's worth remembering, it's not as bad as it was last January. |
| 1:17.6 | Remember when we were in lockdown told to stay at home? |
| 1:20.6 | Well, if I want to go to the cinema, I can. |
| 1:22.6 | If I want to go to that restaurant just across the street, I can do. |
| 1:25.6 | The pubs are open, I can go out |
| 1:28.2 | and buy new clothes. It's not just essential shopping. So we're going to spend this week teasing |
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