COVID-19 NEWS: The Latest on Treatments, Testing, Vaccines and More—Sarah Hiner Talks to Dr. Max Gomez of CBS-TV NY

Max Gomez, PhD

Dr. Max Gomez is an award-winning broadcast journalist and a medical reporter for WCBS-TV. He has received seven New York Emmy Awards, two Philadelphia Emmys, a UPI honor for Best Documentary for a report on AIDS, and an Excellence in Time of Crisis Award from New York City after September 11. He was named the American Health Foundation’s Man of the Year and was a NASA Journalist-In-Space semi-finalist in 1986.

Previously with WNBC-TV, Dr. Gomez joined the network in 1997 after serving as the medical reporter/health editor for WCBS-TV from 1994 to 1997. Prior to that, he was the health and science editor for KYW-TV in Philadelphia and the health and science reporter/editor for WNEW-TV.

A native of Havana, Cuba, Dr. Gomez graduated cum laude from Princeton University, with a PhD from the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He was also an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at New York’s Rockefeller University.

You can learn more about Dr. Gomez at NewYork.CBSLocal.com/personality/dr-max-gomez. And watch his “Max Minutes” at NewYork.CBSLocal.com/tag/max-minute.

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Confused by the daily reports on coronavirus treatments, testing, vaccines, resources and more? You’re not alone.

In this edition of the Bottom Line Advocator Podcast with Sarah Hiner, nine-time Emmy Award–winning medical journalist with New York’s CBS-TV, Dr. Max Gomez joins Bottom Line President Sarah Hiner to give the latest information and ease your confusion.

Specific topics covered…

10,000-foot view of the pandemic (2:50 – 4:18)
Why people quarantining at home are still getting sick (4:18 – 6:22)
Estimate of how many people have been exposed…and how vulnerable are you? (6:22 – 11:38)
How important is testing in order to end the quarantine? (11:38 – 16:10)
Testing accuracy…or inaccuracy (16:10 – 18:00)
Tests for if you’re sick now (18:00 – 19:10)
Antibody tests—what we don’t know (19:10 – 23:10)
Plasma-transfusion treatment (23:10 – 23:45)
Can you choose your COVID-19 test? (23:45 – 28:48)
Can. you naturally build up antibodies without getting COVID-19? (28:48 – 30:46)
Why so slow on test development (30:46 – 33:05)
Vaccines to save the day? (33:05 – 43:51)
Goal: Extinction vs. bend the curve (43:51 – 44:25)
Best hope treatments (44:25 – 46:32)
Remdesivir—effective? Risks? (46:32 – 50:53)
Hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil)—effective? Risky? (50:53 – 57:06)
Why blood oygen levels matter/pulse oximeter (and why taking temperatures is a fallacy) (57:06 – 1:03:03)
Zinc for self-defense (1:03:03 – 1:04:47)
Vitamin D deficiency and immune strengthening (1:04:47 – 1:08:35)
Can the system handle mini-spikes with reopening? (1:08:35 – 1:16:34)
Recommended dose for zinc (1:16:34 –

You can learn about the many things that Max does at NewYork.CBSLocal.com/personality/dr-max-gomez. And watch his “Max Minutes” at NewYork.CBSLocal.com/tag/max-minute.

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