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The Real Story About COVID Vaccines: What We Know, What We Don\u2019t\xa0| This episode is brought to you by Bioptimizers, Thrive Market, and Athletic Greens.\nThere\u2019s no way around it, we\u2019re being bombarded by an insane amount of information when it comes to COVID-19, and not all of it makes sense. As vaccines make their way across the country, the questions are only increasing and it can feel overwhelming to find answers from expert sources. While we don\u2019t have all the answers, we are learning more every day. We\u2019ve seen that for people 15 and older, COVID-19 can double our risk of dying this year. And while we know chronic disease puts us at an increased risk for severity and death, we don\u2019t know why some perfectly healthy people still can\u2019t fight this virus off. We\u2019re seeing that vaccines will be a dramatic help for this virus, helping to reduce the risk of severe symptoms and death, but that they won\u2019t stop transmission.\nI really wanted to talk to someone in-depth about where we are with COVID-19, what we can count on with the vaccines, and what we still don\u2019t know. I knew Dale Harrison would be the perfect scientist to help me break down this topic. Dale is a senior executive with more than 20 years of experience in the biotech industry. He has held multiple VP and C-level positions with companies in the research tools and molecular diagnostics sectors. Dale currently works as a consultant with companies that are developing new clinical diagnostic platforms, including a company developing a CRISPR-based COVID test for the OTC market, and a metagenomics-based NGS platform for infectious disease testing in the human transplant market.\nThis episode is brought to you by Bioptimizers, Thrive Market, and Athletic Greens.\nRight now you can try Bioptimizers Magnesium Breakthrough for 10% off, just go to bioptimizers.com/hyman and use the code HYMAN10 at checkout.\nThrive is offering all Doctor's Farmacy listeners an amazing deal. You will receive an extra 25% off your first purchase and a free gift when you sign up for Thrive Market. Just head over to thrivemarket.com/Hyman.\xa0\nAthletic Greens is offering Doctor\u2019s Farmacy listeners a full year supply of their Vitamin D3/K2 Liquid Formula free with your first purchase, plus 5 free travel packs. Just go to athleticgreens.com/hyman to take advantage of this great offer.\nHere are more of the details from our interview:\n\nHow COVID-19 vaccines are different from traditional vaccines (9:07)\n\nCOVID risk considerations for young and healthy individuals (17:22)\n\nUnique elements of the AstraZeneca vaccine study, what vaccine effectiveness means, and why you can still spread the virus even if you are vaccinated (32:17)\n\nHow the COVID vaccine is different from the measles and polio vaccines (38:10)\n\nWhat we do and do not know about potential short-term and long-term reactions to the vaccine (45:39)\n\nWhat the COVID vaccine does and does not protect against (58:30)\n\nThe four things needed to achieve herd immunity and why Dale does not think it is realistic to think we will reach it (1:02:23)\n\nWeighing the effectiveness of wearing masks and social distancing (1:10:32)\n\nVaccine mandates (1:27:25)\n\nHow regularly will vaccination be needed to maintain immune protection? (1:33:59)\n\nVaccine supply concerns and considerations (1:37:07)\n\nProtecting yourself from COVID-19 through diet, sleep, stress reduction, and other therapies (1:50:33)\n\nSubscribe to Dale\u2019s Covid Updates Newsletter at https://dalewharrison.substack.com/ and access articles he\u2019s written below:\nResults from the AstraZeneca/Oxford Vaccine Trials\nhttps://dalewharrison.substack.com/p/results-from-the-astrazenecaoxford\nPfizer Vaccine Report to FDA\nhttps://dalewharrison.substack.com/p/pfizer-vaccine-report-to-fda\nCovid Vaccines Confer No Sterilizing Immunity\nhttps://dalewharrison.substack.com/p/covid-vaccines-confer-no-sterilzing\nNew UK Coronavirus Variant\nhttps://dalewharrison.substack.com/p/new-uk-coronavirus-variant\nCovid \u2013 YEAR 1\nhttps://dalewharrison.substack.com/p/covid-year-1\nCovid Testing & Autoimmune Disease\nhttps://dalewharrison.substack.com/p/covid-testing-and-autoimmune-disease\nMasks \u2013 Choosing Masks & Eye Protection for Covid-19\nhttps://dalewharrison.substack.com/p/masks\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices