Confused by the daily reports on coronavirus treatments, testing, vaccines, resources and more? You’re not alone.

In this edition of the Bottom Line Advocator Podcast with Sarah Hiner, nine-time Emmy Award–winning medical journalist with New York’s CBS-TV, Dr. Max Gomez joins Bottom Line President Sarah Hiner to give the latest information and ease your confusion.

Specific topics covered…

• 10,000-foot view of the pandemic (2:50 – 4:18)

• Why people quarantining at home are still getting sick (4:18 – 6:22)

• Estimate of how many people have been exposed…

and how vulnerable are you? (6:22 – 11:38)

• How important is testing in order to end the quarantine? (11:38 – 16:10)

• Testing accuracy…or inaccuracy (16:10 – 18:00)

• Tests for if you’re sick now (18:00 – 19:10)

• Antibody tests—what we don’t know (19:10 – 23:10)

• Plasma-transfusion treatment (23:10 – 23:45)

• Can you choose your COVID-19 test? (23:45 – 28:48)

• Can. you naturally build up antibodies without getting COVID-19? (28:48 – 30:46)

• Why so slow on test development (30:46 – 33:05)

• Vaccines to save the day? (33:05 – 43:51)

• Goal: Extinction vs. bend the curve (43:51 – 44:25)

• Best hope treatments (44:25 – 46:32)

• Remdesivir—effective? Risks? (46:32 – 50:53)

• Hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil)—effective? Risky? (50:53 – 57:06)

• Why blood oygen levels matter/pulse oximeter (and why

taking temperatures is a fallacy) (57:06 – 1:03:03)

• Zinc for self-defense (1:03:03 – 1:04:47)

• Vitamin D deficiency and immune strengthening (1:04:47 – 1:08:35)

• Can the system handle mini-spikes with reopening ? (1:08:35 – 1:16:34)

• Recommended dose for zinc (1:16:34 –

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