Incident Report

Dr. Peter Attia (host of The Drive), Dr. Marty Makary (Johns Hopkins professor), Dr. Monica Gandhi and I team up to drop some mad COVID science.Check out full show notes and Peter's podcast, The Drive here.   Topics & Timecodes:Severity of infection from Omicron—reviewing the data [5:15]; Factors contributing to the relative mildness of Omicron infections [8:30]; Is SARS-CoV-2 evolving to cause less severe disease? [13:00]; Potential of Covaxin—an inactivated virus-based COVID-19 vaccine [17:45]; How B cells and T cells work together to defend against viruses [22:00]; Comparing the COVID-19 vaccines, and the rationale for the time between doses [25:30]; Reviewing the purpose and effectiveness of boosters for reducing severity and transmission [32:30]; Debating vaccine mandates, and putting COVID’s mortality risk in perspective [41:00]; Why the topic of COVID has become so polarized [1:03:15]; Reviewing the data on masks for protecting oneself and protecting others [1:06:30]; The inconsistent logic used for m