COVID: where did it come from, which drugs fight it, how to plan for Xmas?
Episode description
Dr Shalin Naik is joined by comedians Chopper and Dane Simpson, and scientist Prof Sharon Lewin, Virologist and Director of the Doherty Institute.
- Did COVID come from Pangolins?
- What role did bat poo (guano) have?
- Is this the first infection from animals i.e. a zoonoses?
- Do these new drugs molnupirivir and paxlovid work?
- What about antibody therapy like made by Regeneron used on Donald Trump?
- Do we still need the vaccine with these new drugs on the market?
- Why do drugs have such difficult names?
- What is the evidence Ivermectin works?
- Are Joe Rogan and Seth Rogan brothers?
- Is COVID worse than the flu?
- Should we still have the big family get togethers at Christmas?
- How do we deal with our Druncle and vaccine hesitAunty?
- What are ways the Indigenous and Aboriginal communities are working together?
- Should our vaccinated grandparents mix with unvaccinated children and adults?
- Will we see something like COVID again?