The True Philadelphia Podcast With Matt O'donnell

Let's get back to the basics on this pandemic. What is a virus? What is a coronavirus? How long have they been around? Why aren't young people getting infected as much? Dr. Judd Hollander answers all of these questions and more, and tells us which questions we cannot answer yet. Dr. Hollander is an associate dean at Jefferson's medical college, an emergency room doctor and has been working on a project to expand "telemedicine" which he also explains in this podcast. Recorded on March 17, 2020 at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Center City, Philadelphia. In this podcast: We break down what a virus is (2:17), what a coronavirus is (3:34), how COVID-19 began (4:40), how it jumped from animal to human and "wet markets" in China (5:10), the conspiracy that COVID-19 is a bioweapon (6:24), how the virus spreads from person to person (7:35), how this forced us to change our habits and hygiene (8:48), the changing notion of "playing hurt" and going to work sick (9:20), why it is so important to be mindful of t