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Lex Fridman PodcastVincent Racaniello: Viruses and Vaccines | Lex Fridman Podcast #216
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- Released
- September 1, 2021
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- 3h 28m
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- Lex Fridman Podcast
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Vincent Racaniello is a virologist, immunologist, and microbiologist at Columbia. He is a co-author of the textbook Principles of Virology and co-host of This Week in Virology podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS: Vincent's Twitter: https://twitter.com/profvrr Vincent's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/vincentracaniello Vincent's Podcast: https://www.microbe.tv/ Vincent's Website: http://www.virology.ws/ Vincent's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/profvrr PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 3:11 - Microbiology by numbers 8:33 - From bacteria to an organism 16:32 - AlphaFold 2 20:31 - Simulating an evolutionary arms race 45:57 - The most terrifying virus 1:07:41 - SARS-CoV-2 1:22:25 - Coronaviruses and Influenza. What's the difference? 1:28:31 - Vaccines 1:34:29 - Lex on his reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine shot 1:40:25 - Modern vaccines 1:45:25 - How does mRNA vaccine work? 1:48:12 - Are mRNA vaccines safe? 2:14:38 - Lex on trust in authority 2:29:45 - Ivermectin 2:36:26 - Hydroxychloroquine 2:41:08 - Variants and mutations 2:48:06 - Testing 2:56:13 - How does COVID-19 spread? 2:59:24 - Masks 3:07:52 - Bret Weinstein vs Sam Harris 3:11:26 - This Week in Virology 3:21:06 - Advice for young people 3:23:28 - Meaning of life SOCIAL:
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Lex Fridman
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EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Lex Fridman and Vincent Racaniello, Vincent Racaniello: Viruses and Vaccines | Lex Fridman Podcast #216 explores Virologist Vincent Racaniello Explains Viruses, Vaccines, and Human Fear Lex Fridman and virologist Vincent Racaniello discuss what viruses are, how they evolved, and the enormous, mostly invisible role they play in Earth's ecosystems and in human disease.
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