WEBVTT - Introducing: Breakthrough

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<v Speaker 1>I had no idea that long COVID existed. The family

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<v Speaker 1>and friends that I would talk to, they had no

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<v Speaker 1>idea that a smell component was going to be a

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<v Speaker 1>long term feature of my illness. Symptoms like a loss

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<v Speaker 1>of smell can persist for months in some COVID survivors.

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<v Speaker 1>Others described debilitating brain fog and memory problems that turned

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<v Speaker 1>their life upside down. Is it ever going to be

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<v Speaker 1>normal again? Am I ever going to be able to

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<v Speaker 1>be me? And I don't feel like me? Solve and

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<v Speaker 1>I don't cry, but I don't feel like me anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>It appears long COVID will be with us, well beyond

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<v Speaker 1>the pandemic itself. It's just one of the ways in

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<v Speaker 1>which the coronavirus has reshaped our world. On Breakthrough, a

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<v Speaker 1>new series from the Prognosis podcast, we're exploring the legacy

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<v Speaker 1>of COVID and the medical mysteries baffling scientists. I'm Jason Gale,

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<v Speaker 1>a senior editor at Bloomberg News, and I'm Naomi Kraski,

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<v Speaker 1>health reporter at Bloomberg. COVID has also reshaped medical science

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<v Speaker 1>and opened the door to revolutionary technology. In this series,

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<v Speaker 1>will look at how the pandemic is changing healthcare, the

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<v Speaker 1>ways in which experts are preparing for future outbreaks, and

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<v Speaker 1>what scientists and patients are doing to get answers to

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<v Speaker 1>medical problems in real time. If anyone tells you that

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<v Speaker 1>they know what's going on, they're lying to you, like,

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<v Speaker 1>don't trust that person. That's the one person you can't

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<v Speaker 1>trust is the person who tells you categorically they know

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<v Speaker 1>what's going on, and I've certainly seen a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>clinicians doing that. In the second half of Breakthrough, we'll

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<v Speaker 1>tell you the story of how messenger RNA vaccines were

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<v Speaker 1>created and how they could be used in the future

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<v Speaker 1>to help treat other diseases like malaria and cancer. This

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<v Speaker 1>technology could never have proven itself so quickly outside the

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<v Speaker 1>crucible of that first pandemic year. It may well win

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<v Speaker 1>some researchers a Nobel Prize. It will almost so only

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<v Speaker 1>have big implications for the future of medicine. Looking back,

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<v Speaker 1>it's easy to forget that none of this was a given.

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<v Speaker 1>I was worried that the that the human vaccine might

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<v Speaker 1>be effective and we wouldn't know why. You'll hear from

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<v Speaker 1>the people who raced to make the vaccine at the

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<v Speaker 1>moment they found out how well it would work. So

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<v Speaker 1>I was incredible. Yeah, this was just Baith taking at that.

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<v Speaker 1>In this moment they understood, hey, there's a vaccine for

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<v Speaker 1>mankind and what it could mean for the future. Wherever

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<v Speaker 1>protein is needed, it can be applied. That could be

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<v Speaker 1>six thousand genetic diseases. Breakthrough launches on October nine. Subscribe

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