70. Guest- Infectious Disease Expert-Dr. Monica Gandhi- Notorious D.E.L.T.A, Party of Five & Mosquitos Suck

The Chris Ham podcast

I kick off the episode with a major personal announcment. CAN YOU GUESS? Oh boy.

I then welcome Dr. Monica Gandhi, medical doctor, infectious disease expert with a massive Covid Twitter following.

• Dr. Gandhi and I start disucssing how her HIV background helped shape some of her Covid philosophies.
• We then segue to when Covid came on her radar and the cycle of severe disease.
• We discuss the polarizing politcial reactions and OVER-reactions to Covid. Was it ok to take off the mask for a while? We discuss vitriol from fellow Democrats. I give an umbrella analogy around mask wearing.
• Then of course, we discuss the DELTA VARIANT as public enemy #1, understanding recent CDC messaging, and the interpretation by vaccinated folks.
• We talk about how vaccines work, understanding effectiveness, and Covid risks in 2021 versus 2020.
• Vaccine side effects
• When will we see Delta go away and what is that based on?
• How does Delta effect young children? What should schools look like in the fall?
• Will variants evade vaccines in the future? What will Covid look like in 2 years? Should we worry about long COVID?

Linner segment: College kids need to go back to school

Takes of all Temperatures(TOATs): cookies over ice cream; Starbucks; regular customers; mosquito irritation; city living shelf life