On today's episode we're joined by geneticist Dr. Francois Balloux, the Director of the University College London Genetics Institute and professor of computational systems biology, on pandemic mitigation, SARS-CoV-2 variants, how news and social media amplify fear over fact, opening schools, lethality and risk, the origin of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 vaccine efficacy and vaccine escape, and more!

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3.40 COVID-19 Vaccines, Origin of SARS-CoV-2, and Pandemic Mitigation with Prof Francois Balloux

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Patient advocates, Pharma funding, and is MRD a suitable endpoint

Patient advocates funded by Pharma

FDA makes MRD the basis for AA

Another flawed quality metric. Reviewing the NEJM paper "Beta-Blockers After Myocardial Infarction and Preserved Ejection Fraction".

Beta Blockers After Heart Attacks Don't Work

Blood based and Stool DNA colon cancer screening - Two NEJM papers

Another flawed study Keynote 564. Pembro in adjuvant RCC

3.40 COVID-19 Vaccines, Origin of SARS-CoV-2, and Pandemic Mitigation with Prof Francois Balloux

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