Caller · moment 7 of 11
Immunity, Spirit Airlines Cruises, and Signing Off with Dr. Steve
from Emergency Broadcast - Corona Call-Ins
4 min
Caller
They discuss whether recovering gives immunity, joke about which countries and cheap-cruise passengers 'deserve' a plague more, touch on pregnancy risk and Tom Hanks' diagnosis, before wrapping up the call.
- Tim wonders if he's being selfish taking a vacation to Tampa during the pandemic.
- Dr. Steve points out that 30,000 people died of influenza this year with no national panic.
- The virus didn't shut down Italy the way flu never has, suggesting people are overreacting to an unknown bug.
- Americans think the pandemic is fake because they don't want to believe in things they can't see, deserving plague more than other countries.
- Tim brings it back to Spirit Airlines and $99 flights as emblematic of American excess.
- Dr. Steve doesn't think summer weather will help—COVID is already spreading in Australia during their warm season.
- Pregnant women face the same risk as everyone else; it's not like Zika.
- Tim notes Tom Hanks just got it and asks if he'll be okay.
- Dr. Steve recovers from strep throat using clindamycin and mucinex while canceling his New York shows.
- Tim signs off and heads to Tampa for spring break with his kids while Dr. Steve questions whether he's even a real doctor.