It has been over a year since season 1 of The Recombobulator Lab finished. Chris and Jason’s schedules have filled back up with everything from Jason and his wife presenting at the World Economic Forum to Chris jet setting all over the USA. But somehow they managed to pull together season 2. 

This episode Chris has a COVID quiz for Jason and the guys discuss their highs and lows of the pandemic. Why bring COVID back up, you might ask? To package it up and put it away for good.

Thanks to everyone who made season 1 such a success and for making season 2 possible.  

Since the pandemic eased both Jason and Chris have been travelling with work. Jason and his wife had the honour of doing a presentation at the World Economic Forum about G-Diapers, their environmentally friendly diaper company. Some highlights of the trip include sharing an umbrella with Bill Gates and finding out that the world is not being controlled by 3 people. 

Chris has also been ‘back on the big metal bird’ since last season with work trips to Longview, Texas; Seattle, Washington; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Oklahoma City; Dallas, Texas; Eugene, Oregon; Las Cruces, New Mexico; Washington DC; Las Vegas, Nevada and Denver, Colorado. He learned a thing or two on his travels including the fact that the view in Longview is actually not that long. There’s not much of a view at all. 

Question 1: In the first half of 2020 name 5 Google searches that saw a huge percentage increase. Eg. Yeast grew (or rose?) 280% 

Answer 1: Any of 5 of the following. 

Question 2: How many people died in Australia during the COVID 19 pandemic as of Aug 2022? 

Answer 2: 13,000 people

Question 3: How many people died in the US during the COVID 19 pandemic as of Aug 2022? 

Answer 3: 1 million people 

Question 4: What percentage of the world is fully vaccinated?

Answer 4: 62.8% 

Question 5: What percentage of the US is fully vaccinated?

Answer 5: 67.8%

Question 6: What percentage of Austrailia is fully vaccinated?

Question 6: 84.7% 

Question 7: What percentage of Australians feel they can trust their healthcare system?  

Answer 7: 76% 

Question 8: What percentage of Americans feel they can trust their healthcare system?  

Answer 8: 34% 

Make sure to listen to the podcast to see how Jason did. 

The effect on mental health, the impact on teenagers, the impact on those graduating and starting college. 

The pandemic changed the experiences of a generation of people

Learning to not take things for granted, things have slowed down, pandemic forced a behaviour change, everyone was forced to use things like Zoom meaning people can move to where they want to and not be dependent on cities, people questioning their pay and their jobs which led to ‘The Great Resignation’