COVID-19

Ivor Cummins on lockdowns, immunity, curves, mortality rates, and analyzing the world's COVID data

In this episode, I am speaking with Ivor Cummins – who is an Irish health expert. Ivor has spent the last many months reporting on the COVID pandemic. We will talk about what we know right now on the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this podcast, Ivor and I will discuss:
· The three primary reasons why a curve goes down during an epidemic
· The WHO guidelines for a pandemic (This will shock you!)
· The critical role of herd immunity
· The link between mortality rates and prior seasons
· Why Sweden is getting shamed in the media for their COVID strategies
· The shocking data on mortality rates from COVID-19
· And much, much more…
Show Notes:
How seasons affect infection rates (09:12)
The drastic changes and rejection of the pandemic guidelines (17:19)
Sweden – why have they taken a different approach? (25:10)
Soft and hard seasons – how they have affected the COVID-19 mortality (35:58)
US vs. Japan – the impact of metabolic health on COVID 19 (42:30)
Masks – what purpose do they serve? (44:44)
The actual data on the COVID infection fatality rate (1:04:30)
Understanding herd immunity (1:10:32)
How the body tackles antibodies (1:19:35)
The problems with the PCR tests (1:47:57)