Show 1247: What You Need to Know About COVID-19 Vaccines and Variants

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Kids & Family

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

After a year of COVID-19, the country (and the world) is in a race to get people vaccinated before the new, more transmissible variants of the coronavirus can gain the upper hand. We talk with two experts on these COVID-19 vaccines and variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to get you the information you need. New […]

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0:00.0	I'm Joe Gradyton and I'm Terry Grady. Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.
0:06.1	You can find previous podcasts and more information on a range of health topics at people's pharmacy.com.
0:14.0	COVID cases are dropping but the variants are scary.
0:18.0	How well will the vaccines work against these new versions of the virus?
0:22.0	This is the People's Pharmacy
0:24.6	with Terry and Joe Grady.
0:39.2	Revving up the pace of vaccinations is exciting. In Israel where many people have been vaccinated hospitalizations, severe illness and death are down sharply.
0:45.0	Cases are also falling in Europe and in the U.S.
0:48.0	Today on the People's Pharmacy, we're talking with two of the world's foremost authorities on vaccines and the coronavirus.
0:54.8	What do you need to know?
0:56.6	Prevention is critical, but what about treatment?
0:59.9	We'll discuss new drugs for COVID-19. How do we stop the next pandemic?
1:04.8	Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, COVID-19 vaccines and variants. variance.
1:17.0	In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines, COVID-19 cases are falling at encouraging rates.
1:21.0	Once Americans got past the holiday travel season and the resulting
1:25.2	surge, new infections have declined. Hospitalizations and deaths are also declining. Cases are
1:32.3	down by almost 25% in the last week. Scientists are not
1:36.8	entirely certain what it counts for the dramatic reduction. Some possibilities
1:41.4	include a cutback in close person-to-person interactions,
1:45.0	the beginning of vaccination, and an increase in the number of people who have
1:50.0	recovered from infection.
1:52.0	Worldwide coronavirus cases are dropping by about 16%.
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