Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Americans have time and again seen highly touted solutions fall short of their hype.

Remdisivir, once thought to be a miracle treatment, was recently determined to be statistically no better than standard care. Meanwhile, Russia’s Vladimir Putin announced with great fanfare the production of a Covid-19 vaccine. Yet Western critics point out that the drug “Sputnik V” hasn’t undergone late-stage, large, randomized control trials.

The world seems to be starving for good news concerning Covid-19 that isn’t fake news. On this episode of Coronavirus: The Truth, hosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr separate the superlative claims from the true scientific advances while also offering answers to the following coronavirus questions:

[00:52] Update: What should listeners know about the week that was? 

[06:56] Per reports, has the coronavirus mutated? Is this good news or bad?

[08:21] What is convalescent plasma andhow does it work?

[12:19] Yale’s saliva test received FDA approval. What’s the benefit of this Covid-19 test over the alternatives?

[14:37] What are the biggest Covid-19 threats facing sports?

[17:24] What should we make of Russia’s vaccine, now in production?

[18:56] New Zealand had great success containing the virus early on. Last week, the country reported over a dozen new cases. What happened?

[21:27] What’s the latest on schools reopening?

[24:20] How will voters think about healthcare overall, and the coronavirus in particular, this November?

[26:37] What’s the mood on in Iowa, where co-host Jeremy Corr lives?

[28:16] Assuming March was the real onset of this pandemic in the United States, we’re nearing the half-year mark. Where are we now?

This episode is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify and other podcast platforms.

If you have coronavirus questions for the hosts, please visit the contact page or send us a message on Twitter or LinkedIn.

*To ensure the credibility of this program, Coronavirus: The Truth refuses to accept sponsorship, outside funding sources or guests with any financial or personal conflicts of interest.

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