E40: A Bestie gets COVID, Delta breakthrough, Billionaire Space Race & more

**Jason Calacanis** (0:00)
This week we're gonna play our favorite new game show. Guess who's got COVID? Yes, that's right. Somebody on the pod.
So here's the game. Person who got COVID.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (0:20)
Have they been vaccinated or not?

**Jason Calacanis** (0:22)
Okay. All four of us have been vaccinated. We covered that on our previous pod. So everybody's been vaccinated.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (0:26)
Double vaxxed.

**Jason Calacanis** (0:27)
Everybody's been double vaxxed.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (0:28)
Did we all get Pfizer?

**Jason Calacanis** (0:30)
I was Pfizer.

**David Sacks** (0:30)
Pfizer.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (0:31)
Pfizer. Pfizer.

**Jason Calacanis** (0:32)
Okay. So Pfizer across the board. We got quads.
And this is a breakthrough infection.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (0:41)
Has anybody taken a Z-Pak after a night of partying? I have.

**Jason Calacanis** (0:47)
I hope the pod lasted 39 episodes.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (0:52)
That was good. That was good.

**Jason Calacanis** (0:54)
Okay. So number one, clue number one, this bestie got a breakthrough infection outdoors at a restaurant. Number one, got it outdoors. Number two, got it from somebody who was also vaccinated. Number three, this bestie does not fly commercial.
And he's not a fan of being interrupted. And he is not an evangelical.
The breakthrough vaccination is David Sacks.

**David Sacks** (1:25)
I'm glad that my getting a breakthrough case of COVID is comedy fodder for you somehow.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (1:50)
Sacksy Poo, break it down.

**David Friedberg** (1:51)
Walk us through the, like what happened and then how you felt.

**David Sacks** (1:55)
We're glad you're safe.

**Jason Calacanis** (1:57)
Obviously, obviously. We wouldn't be joking.

**David Friedberg** (1:59)
You're still losing weight.

**Jason Calacanis** (2:00)
You lost five pounds.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (2:01)
You may want to read some of the beautiful text messages we sent you when we found out this week.

**David Sacks** (2:10)
Jason, what did you say, Jason, you said?

**Jason Calacanis** (2:14)
I was just like, wow, think about who we could recruit for the fourth spot. We get Peter Thiel in here.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (2:20)
I said that I really, really hope you didn't die. But if you did, I would love to have your plane as a support plane for my plane.

**Jason Calacanis** (2:28)
I was thinking, you know what, I might be pro San Francisco. If you die, I could, I might want to.

**David Sacks** (2:32)
Well, sorry, guys, I'm going to live, sorry, Jason, I'm going to live.
Here's basically what happened, okay, is so Tuesday of last week, I had dinner with a few friends. And then my friend just wear out outdoors. Yeah, I'll tell you exactly where we were at Masahisa in LA, which had outdoor parking lot. Yes, the outdoor parking lot area, which is a covered outdoor area. So you know, these like covered areas are effectively inside because it traps the air in there.
But in any event, we had dinner there. The next day he woke up with a fever and sore throat. He went and got a COVID test. He tested positive. He is also double vaxxed with Pfizer. Okay. So and I reported this to you guys last week on last week's show. So I went out right away on Wednesday, got a COVID test was negative. I repeated the test on Friday was negative. And then Sunday rolls around and I wake up and I got a fever.
I don't really have a sore throat, but I've got kind of a I'd say an occasional dry cough. And I've got and I've got some sinus congestion.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (3:37)
David mild fever or like like 99.9 or like 102.1?

**David Sacks** (3:42)
It topped off at about 99.9. It's barely a fever.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (3:46)
Yeah, barely a fever.

**David Sacks** (3:47)
Barely a fever. But I mean, it was definitely there. And I took Tylenol and it brought it down to the low 99s.
And so in any event, first thing Monday morning, I went and got the COVID test. And sure enough, I had COVID.
They can't confirm that it's Delta variant, but they think it is because that's what's like exploding in LA right now. And so, yeah, I mean, look, I mean, the good news is it's very mild. I mean, it's now Thursday and I feel like I'm like 99% recovered. I don't have a fever anymore.

**Jason Calacanis** (4:17)
Are you 10 days in now?

**David Sacks** (4:19)
No, no, no, no. This is the, you know, I came down with symptoms on this past Sunday and it's now Thursday.
So I am.

**Jason Calacanis** (4:27)
And when were you exposed?

**David Sacks** (4:28)
Tuesday night. So I was exposed. Yes, you're right. It's about 10 days from initial exposure.