{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":9.84,"endTime":13.95,"body":"Welcome to Q\u0026A with"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":9.84,"endTime":13.95,"body":"Dr. K, a podcast by Mountain"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":13.95,"endTime":17.52,"body":"Pacific Quality Health, where we"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":13.95,"endTime":17.52,"body":"sit down with Dr. Doug"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":17.55,"endTime":21.72,"body":"Kuntzweiler and get your health"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":17.55,"endTime":21.72,"body":"questions answered. Because on"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":21.72,"endTime":25.29,"body":"Q\u0026A with Dr. K, the doctor is"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":21.72,"endTime":25.29,"body":"always in."},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":34.41,"endTime":37.89,"body":"Hello, everyone, I'm Beth Brown"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":34.41,"endTime":37.89,"body":"your host, and we're here for"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":37.89,"endTime":41.79,"body":"another episode of Q\u0026A with Dr."},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":37.89,"endTime":41.79,"body":"K with the brilliant Dr. Doug"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":41.85,"endTime":42.63,"body":"Kuntzweiler."},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":42.0,"endTime":46.65,"body":"We didn't"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":42.0,"endTime":46.65,"body":"bring the brilliant one today."},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":46.65,"endTime":49.56,"body":"We have the mediocre Dr. K"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":46.65,"endTime":49.56,"body":"today."},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":49.95,"endTime":51.81,"body":"Well, we'll take the"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":49.95,"endTime":51.81,"body":"one we've got, because I know"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":51.81,"endTime":55.65,"body":"you'll still have some great"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":51.81,"endTime":55.65,"body":"advice for our listeners today."},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":55.65,"endTime":59.85,"body":"And our question today, Dr. K,"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":55.65,"endTime":59.85,"body":"is about COVID. And so here's"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":59.85,"endTime":62.85,"body":"the email. It's pretty short and"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":59.85,"endTime":62.85,"body":"sweet with lots of questions. So"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":62.85,"endTime":67.56,"body":"here's how it reads. Can Dr. K"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":62.85,"endTime":67.56,"body":"please speak about COVID now"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":67.56,"endTime":71.4,"body":"that it is surfacing again?"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":67.56,"endTime":71.4,"body":"Signs, symptoms to watch for,"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":71.4,"endTime":74.94,"body":"information about the new"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":71.4,"endTime":74.94,"body":"vaccine, risk factors, what to"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":74.94,"endTime":78.48,"body":"do if you have COVID and/or"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":74.94,"endTime":78.48,"body":"symptoms of COVID. So let's"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":78.48,"endTime":82.35,"body":"start with the first part of"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":78.48,"endTime":82.35,"body":"that. Is COVID surfacing again?"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":83.58,"endTime":85.08,"body":"I thought"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":83.58,"endTime":85.08,"body":"you said this was a simple"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":85.08,"endTime":85.53,"body":"question."},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":86.13,"endTime":92.31,"body":"Is it not? Sorry?"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":86.13,"endTime":92.31,"body":"Well, yes, well, the questions"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":92.31,"endTime":92.64,"body":"but"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":92.7,"endTime":95.04,"body":"The truth"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":92.7,"endTime":95.04,"body":"is COVID never went away. 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And I talked to my"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":131.7,"endTime":135.06,"body":"friends in urgent care and in"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":135.09,"endTime":139.23,"body":"the emergency department, and"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":135.09,"endTime":139.23,"body":"they were seeing tons of it in"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":139.26,"endTime":144.81,"body":"like late September, and even up"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":139.26,"endTime":144.81,"body":"till now. So things are"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":144.81,"endTime":148.8,"body":"definitely on the rise again."},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":144.81,"endTime":148.8,"body":"And that makes sense. We know"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":148.8,"endTime":153.51,"body":"it's a respiratory virus, it's"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":148.8,"endTime":153.51,"body":"spread through droplets. 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So you really should"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1152.73,"endTime":1155.52,"body":"get vaccinated against a whole"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1155.52,"endTime":1156.45,"body":"raft of them."},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1156.75,"endTime":1159.03,"body":"That's good to know."},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1156.75,"endTime":1159.03,"body":"And I would guess your doctor"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1159.03,"endTime":1161.88,"body":"would be able to sleuth with you"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1159.03,"endTime":1161.88,"body":"as far as what you should be"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1161.88,"endTime":1162.75,"body":"doing for that."},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1163.38,"endTime":1164.91,"body":"You're"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1163.38,"endTime":1164.91,"body":"paying them so make them do the"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1164.91,"endTime":1165.57,"body":"hard work."},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1166.8,"endTime":1169.56,"body":"Perfect. Okay, good."},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1166.8,"endTime":1169.56,"body":"Did we forget anything else?"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1169.65,"endTime":1172.62,"body":"Then I want to make sure we're"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1169.65,"endTime":1172.62,"body":"covering all the bases here."},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1172.68,"endTime":1174.54,"body":"We're getting into that season,"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1172.68,"endTime":1174.54,"body":"for sure."},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1174.57,"endTime":1176.67,"body":"Well,"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1174.57,"endTime":1176.67,"body":"yeah, I think we certainly"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1176.7,"endTime":1180.57,"body":"covered all of the important"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1176.7,"endTime":1180.57,"body":"parts, the highlights, it's hard"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1180.57,"endTime":1184.56,"body":"to say, you know, people try to"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1180.57,"endTime":1184.56,"body":"predict what kind of a season"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1184.56,"endTime":1187.02,"body":"we're going to have based on"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1184.56,"endTime":1187.02,"body":"what happened in the southern"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1187.02,"endTime":1190.44,"body":"hemisphere during our summer in"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1187.02,"endTime":1190.44,"body":"their winter. People are"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1190.44,"endTime":1195.33,"body":"worried. We haven't had a really"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1190.44,"endTime":1195.33,"body":"horrible influenza epidemic in a"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1195.33,"endTime":1198.72,"body":"while so people are worried"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1195.33,"endTime":1198.72,"body":"about COVID and influenza"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1198.72,"endTime":1203.1,"body":"hitting at the same time. of"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1198.72,"endTime":1203.1,"body":"RSV, we're seeing more and more"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1203.13,"endTime":1206.19,"body":"adults now. So people are"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1203.13,"endTime":1206.19,"body":"worried about this triple"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1206.22,"endTime":1210.21,"body":"epidemic of RSV, influenza and"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1206.22,"endTime":1210.21,"body":"COVID didn't happen really too"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1210.21,"endTime":1213.9,"body":"badly last winter, but you just"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1210.21,"endTime":1213.9,"body":"you just never know. It's like"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1213.9,"endTime":1216.3,"body":"trying to predict the weather"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1213.9,"endTime":1216.3,"body":"really, we don't really know for"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1216.3,"endTime":1218.94,"body":"sure what what's going to"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1216.3,"endTime":1218.94,"body":"happen. But the way to mitigate"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1218.94,"endTime":1220.74,"body":"all that is to get yourself"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1218.94,"endTime":1220.74,"body":"vaccinated."},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1221.13,"endTime":1223.56,"body":"Yeah, trust the"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1221.13,"endTime":1223.56,"body":"experts as best you can and do"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1223.56,"endTime":1224.97,"body":"what you can and and hope for"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1223.56,"endTime":1224.97,"body":"the best."},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1224.97,"endTime":1227.52,"body":"Yeah,"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1224.97,"endTime":1227.52,"body":"there's so much misinformation,"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1227.58,"endTime":1232.62,"body":"especially on the worldwide web."},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1227.58,"endTime":1232.62,"body":"The people who study this, you"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1232.62,"endTime":1235.83,"body":"know, they're just middle class,"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1232.62,"endTime":1235.83,"body":"hardworking people. They're not"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1235.86,"endTime":1240.6,"body":"multimillionaire politicians."},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1235.86,"endTime":1240.6,"body":"It's people who got fascinated"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1240.6,"endTime":1244.08,"body":"by, you know, health stuff, and"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1240.6,"endTime":1244.08,"body":"they studied viruses and"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1244.08,"endTime":1248.04,"body":"bacteria, and they help develop"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1244.08,"endTime":1248.04,"body":"these vaccines and just"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1248.07,"endTime":1251.61,"body":"hardworking bright people, and"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1248.07,"endTime":1251.61,"body":"there's no reason not to trust"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1251.61,"endTime":1251.94,"body":"them."},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1252.57,"endTime":1255.39,"body":"So where are those"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1252.57,"endTime":1255.39,"body":"reliable resources? Dr. K, where"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1255.39,"endTime":1257.94,"body":"can folks go so that they don't"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1255.39,"endTime":1257.94,"body":"get misled?"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1258.39,"endTime":1260.16,"body":"Yeah,"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1258.39,"endTime":1260.16,"body":"there's the Centers for Disease"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1260.16,"endTime":1263.64,"body":"Control, the World Health"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1260.16,"endTime":1263.64,"body":"Organization, major medical"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1263.64,"endTime":1267.24,"body":"centers, like Johns Hopkins have"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1263.64,"endTime":1267.24,"body":"some really good material on"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1267.24,"endTime":1271.38,"body":"their websites, the Mayo Clinic,"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1267.24,"endTime":1271.38,"body":"there any number of them, but"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1271.59,"endTime":1276.21,"body":"stay away from the loan doctor"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1271.59,"endTime":1276.21,"body":"who knows more than anybody else"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1276.21,"endTime":1278.4,"body":"on the face of the planet. Those"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1276.21,"endTime":1278.4,"body":"are the guys you want to stay"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1278.4,"endTime":1279.0,"body":"away from."},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1279.36,"endTime":1281.49,"body":"Okay, they might"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1279.36,"endTime":1281.49,"body":"have their own agenda."},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1281.91,"endTime":1287.25,"body":"Yeah, they"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1281.91,"endTime":1287.25,"body":"missed the bus somewhere. The"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1287.25,"endTime":1288.21,"body":"bus stop."},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1289.68,"endTime":1292.23,"body":"Well, thank you, Dr."},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1289.68,"endTime":1292.23,"body":"K. We appreciate it. That was"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1292.23,"endTime":1294.99,"body":"great information. I don't buy"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1292.23,"endTime":1294.99,"body":"for a second that the brilliant"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1294.99,"endTime":1299.22,"body":"Dr. K didn't show up today."},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1294.99,"endTime":1299.22,"body":"We'll put the COVID and vaccine"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1299.22,"endTime":1302.58,"body":"resources that Dr. K mentioned"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1299.22,"endTime":1302.58,"body":"along with this episode. And if"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1302.58,"endTime":1306.06,"body":"you have a question for Dr. K,"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1302.58,"endTime":1306.06,"body":"please just email us at QandA..."},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1306.06,"endTime":1310.44,"body":"As long as"},{"speaker":"Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler","startTime":1306.06,"endTime":1310.44,"body":"it's easy, no hard questions."},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1310.62,"endTime":1315.42,"body":"Any question you"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1310.62,"endTime":1315.42,"body":"want to - email it to"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1315.51,"endTime":1321.36,"body":"QandAwithDrK@mpqhf.org and we"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1315.51,"endTime":1321.36,"body":"will keep your identity"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1321.36,"endTime":1323.76,"body":"anonymous. We'll just ask your"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1321.36,"endTime":1323.76,"body":"question and you can get your"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1323.76,"endTime":1326.49,"body":"answers, and we'll put that"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1323.76,"endTime":1326.49,"body":"email address with this episode"},{"speaker":"Beth Brown","startTime":1326.49,"endTime":1326.85,"body":"as well."}]}