In this 78th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

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Q&A Link: https://youtu.be/dF12Kvfl0Uo

Mentioned in this episode:
 
Joe Rogan’s original clip, with commentary by CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/29/media/joe-rogan-clarifies-vaccine-comments/index.html
 
Fauci responds to Joe, April 28, 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QVPjioDvEc
 
Joe Rogan clarifies his vaccine comments, April 29, 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PloZ-GB9tzA
 
Washington Post joins the fray, piles on with “experts,” April 29, 2021:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/04/28/joe-rogan-podcast-vaccine-coronavirus/
 
CDC chart on risk for COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths by age cohort: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/investigations-discovery/hospitalization-death-by-age.html
 
Risk estimator from The Economist, March 11, 2021:
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/covid-pandemic-mortality-risk-estimator
 
“The novel Coronavirus’ spike protein plays additional key role in illness” from the Salk Institute, April 30, 2021: https://www.salk.edu/news-release/the-novel-coronavirus-spike-protein-plays-additional-key-role-in-illness/
 
Original research: Lei et al 2021. SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Impairs Endothelial Function via Downregulation of ACE 2. Circulation Research 128:1323–1326. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.121.318902
 
The Washington Post is concerned about ivermectin, April 8, 2021: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/04/08/ivermectin-covid-drug/

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