The Fight against COVID-19: An Update from Dr. Jay Bhattacharya

Uncommon Knowledge

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🗓️ 18 April 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Dr. Bhattacharya returns to discuss the results of a study testing for COVID-19 in Santa Clara County, California, and one currently underway in partnership with Major League Baseball. We also discuss some signs of hope and specifics about how the economy can be restarted safely and efficiently.

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0:00.0	A month ago I interviewed my friend Dr. J. Bhattacharya, a professor of medicine here at
0:11.6	Stanford who holds both an MD and a doctorate in economics.
0:17.0	That interview went viral.
0:18.6	More than a million people have viewed it on the internet, clips appeared on new shows of every kind, and Jay tells me that even
0:25.6	his mother down in Los Angeles called to say she had seen it.
0:29.6	In that interview, you may recall, in that interview Dr. Bottacharya said that he would be
0:34.4	testing on COVID-19 here in Santa Clara County and back with us now to talk
0:41.6	about the results,
0:42.9	Dr. Jay, thanks for making the time
0:46.0	and welcome everybody to this special plague time edition
0:49.6	of Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson. Thanks, Peter, nice to be here.
0:54.0	Jay, the results.
0:56.0	I'm quoting from your study, which is available today through Med Archive, have I got that
1:01.0	correct, right? All right, It's available through med archive and I'm quoting
1:06.1	quote the population waited prevalence of antibodies among those you tested here in Santa Clara County was 2.81%.
1:16.1	This implies that the infection is much more widespread
1:21.1	than indicated by the number of confirmed cases.
1:24.2	Close quote.
1:25.8	And I read the study carefully for the bit that a layman
1:28.7	had the best chance of understanding.
1:30.3	You've got to explain this to us, Jay.
1:32.3	What briefly the results and then tell us tell us the how
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