Norman Swan

So this goes to the increasing body of information which suggests that GLP-1s might be good for substance use and maybe even addiction.

Just when you thought it was safe to go out.

A research group has been looking at coronaviruses.

Remember coronaviruses?

And you couldn't answer back in those days.

And look, I can go into this study in a lot of detail, but the key here is the two potential pandemic viruses that we're exposed to in the future are coronaviruses.

We've known that for a long time.

COVID caught us on the hop, but plenty of people were expecting a coronavirus to cause a pandemic because of the way it spreads.

in the community and how susceptible we might be to it and influenza, obviously.

And this study simply shows that there are coronaviruses out there which have not yet spilled over into humans as far as we know, which have a different mechanism.

In other words, the way the lock and key mechanism works for the virus into the body is different.

And therefore, it's showing what they've been trying to show for a while is what would be the signs of a potential pandemic virus?

What are you looking for?

and this confirms that you can actually look at coronaviruses out there, spread by bats.

In this particular instance, to some extent it was in East Africa, they found this, that if you actually were to survey viruses out there in the environment, you could start to identify viruses that might be pandemic viruses in the community that you should look out for.

Yeah.

Well, in a week where I've been focusing on adult ADHD, particularly in women in midlife, you've been looking at the increasing interest and recognition of symptoms in the perimenopause, one of which is very real, but it's called brain fog, which is pretty vague.

So tell me, the next time somebody comes in, a woman comes in complaining of brain fog, do you think this is going to help you?

Yeah.

And the reduction of stigma.