Should I Be Taking Something?

Social Distance

The Atlantic Monthly Group, LLC

Health & Fitness, News, Science

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Supplements and vitamins claim to “boost your immune system.” Jim explains why this is nonsense. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, Jim.
0:05.0	Jim.
0:06.0	Hi, Catherine.
0:07.0	I'm going to give you a hypothetical.
0:10.0	What if, just say a person had the opportunity to leave the city for the first time in three
0:25.0	other people who've been being similarly careful,
0:28.0	and say that person would be being similarly careful,
0:31.0	yeah.
0:32.0	And say that person would be picked up in a car. Did not need to use any other form of transportation to get there. Is that bad?
0:42.0	Yeah. Well, I think the car is probably going to be your highest risk scenario, but if you can keep the windows rolled down...
0:51.0	No, I'm just the person.
0:53.8	Oh, yeah.
0:55.6	The person.
0:57.8	Let's call her Catherine just for ease,
1:01.5	because we can't keep just saying the person. I think it's nice because it's
1:07.1	warm out so you can keep the windows open and keeps some air flowing but that
1:10.2	it's weird on the highway right? How far are you going? California?
1:14.0	If this person were me, this person would be going two hours in a car.
1:18.4	Oh, okay. Say that person had been incredibly careful and therefore incredibly
1:25.5	isolated for three months. We might say this hypothetical person would
1:31.0	benefit their mental health would benefit in an off the charts way by
1:36.7	being with some friends.
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