Hard question March 16, 2020 · 4:06 · 3 min
How COVID-19 works and who it threatens
The hosts work through the mechanics they understand: what actually kills people is the pneumonia that follows, not the virus itself; compared to standard influenza it is not considered more lethal but is more transmissible because nobody has antibodies. They explain 'social distancing' (joked about as the 'six foot social justice rule'), note mortality rates are skewed because cases are underreported, and observe that dogs are vaccinated against coronaviruses as a family while Lysol's label mentioning coronavirus predates this outbreak.