Last year, Remnant regular Matt Ridley published Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19, which explored the theory that the virus leaked from a laboratory. Today, he’s back on the program to discuss how things have changed since the book’s publication with a suitably COVID-addled Jonah. Has the lab-leak theory become more persuasive? Did the pandemic fuel a backslide in vaccinations? And can Britons and Americans ever resolve their linguistic differences?

Show Notes:

- Matt’s latest book, Viral

- Matt’s previous Remnant appearance

- Matt: “COVID origin case reopened: A lab leak is a legitimate question”
- John Barry’s The Great Influenza

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