5 years after COVID, what did we learn? | Dr. Tim Spector

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🥑 Make smarter food choices. Become a member at http://zoe.com The COVID-19 pandemic is in the rear-view mirror, so what did we learn about mask wearing, vaccines and prevention? And how can you stay healthy to face a future pandemic? Professor Tim Spector, one of the world’s top 100 most cited scientists, looks back on the pandemic and what we learnt about symptoms, transmission and vaccines in the early stages. We’ll reflect on ZOE’s role - collecting data from millions of people on their symptoms, identifying COVID hotspots and shaping public understanding of the virus. Then we discuss the possibility of the next pandemic, and how we can individually protect ourselves against it. By the end of this episode, listeners feel more equipped to stay safe in the face of another global pandemic. 🌱 Try our new plant based wholefood supplement - Daily30+ https://zoe.com/daily30?utm_medium=zoe_podcast&utm_source=podcast_platform&utm_campaign=d30 Follow ZOE on Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/zoe/ Timecodes 00:00 What did we learn from COVID? 01:44 Quickfire questions 04:22 ZOE's response to the pandemic 10:10 5 crucial days 14:06 How new symptoms were discovered 23:40 Did the virus come from a lab? 28:00 Were face masks worth it? 29:02 The data on lockdowns 36:01 The economic costs 37:50 Effectiveness of vaccines 40:04 Side effects of vaccines 46:10 Is there a cure for Long COVID? 48:39 The role of food choices 51:24 How to fight off infections 52:30 The risks of junk food 📚Books by our ZOE Scientists The Food For Life Cookbook | https://amzn.to/4amfIMX Every Body Should Know This by Dr Federica Amati | https://amzn.to/4blJsLg Food For Life by Prof. Tim Spector | https://amzn.to/4amZinu Free resources from ZOE: Live Healthier: Top 10 Tips From ZOE Science & Nutrition | https://zoe.com/freeguide Gut Guide - For a Healthier Microbiome in Weeks | https://zoe.com/gutguide Mentioned in today's episode The WHO estimates of excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic (2022), published in Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05522-2 Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations (2023), published in Nature Reviews Microbiology https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-022-00846-2 Benefit-risk assessment of Covid-19 vaccine, MRNA (MRNA-1273) for males age 18–64 years (2023), published in Vaccine: X https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590136223000669 Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses (2023), published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub6/full Have feedback or a topic you'd like us to cover? Let us know here: https://gf6hx47iu5g.typeform.com/topicsuggestion Episode transcripts are available here: https://zoe.com/learn/category/podcasts