Living With COVID (w/Dr. Monica Gandhi)
b'We now have all the necessary tools to end the COVID "emergency" phase. Here\'s how (and why) we can live with this coronavirus.\\nHere\'s an extended Twitter thread outlining the key points we discussed (easy for sharing). And here\'s every show we\'ve done with UCSF Professor and infectious disease specialist Dr. Monica Gandhi.\\nVideo: https://zdoggmd.com/living-with-covid/\\nTopics & Timecodes\\n00:00\\xa0Intro, mask mandates, individual control & benefits of one-way masking\\n05:22\\xa0Long COVID, innate vs adaptive immunity, seroprevalence among varying age groups\\n10:27\\xa0Vaccine protection against severe COVID, natural immunity, media catastrophizing, animal reservoirs\\xa0& endemicity\\n15:23\\xa0Hepatitis outbreak in children, did pandemic sheltering weaken our kids\\u2019 immune responses, masking children & the precautionary principle\\n20:00\\xa0Creating an endpoint, the purpose of non-pharmaceutical interventions, hospitalizations with COVID vs. for COVID, death rate as a key metric\\n23:53\\xa0Hybrid immunity, Omicron as the great equalizer, CDC messaging & it\\u2019s role in terrifying the vaccinated & convincing the unvaccinated that vaccines don\\u2019t work\\n31:49\\xa0Covaxin\\xa0vs Sinovac, India vs. China, downstream effects of lockdowns, excess deaths\\xa0\\n40:32\\xa0Age-based risk stratification, immune response in children, what a \\u201cmild\\u201d case of Omicron looks like, Paxlovid & other therapeutics\\n46:10\\xa0Omicron mutations & why they point to approaching endemicity, public & mental health strategies\\n49:38\\xa0The value of holistic treatment, right brain vs. left brain, reductionism, importance of recognizing the many tools we have to combat COVID\\n59:32\\xa0What\\u2019s next for Monica, why docs suck at talking about risk, final thoughts\\n\\nVideo show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form:\\xa0https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd\\n\\n\\nSupport us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd\\n\\n\\nMore about Dr. Z:\\xa0https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/\\n\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'