Podcasts Health Straight Talk MD Jonathan Latham on the Origin of COVID-19, accelerated evolution of coronaviruses in immunocompromised hosts, RaTG-13, the 2014 Ebola outbreak, and much more

Jonathan Latham on the Origin of COVID-19, accelerated evolution of coronaviruses in immunocompromised hosts, RaTG-13, the 2014 Ebola outbreak, and much more

Published: Feb. 21, 2023, 5:56 p.m.

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Jonathan R Latham PhD is a \\u201ccard-carrying\\u201d virologist, the co-founder and Executive Director of the Bioscience Resource Project, and the Editor of Independent Science News. In the first half of today\\u2019s interview, we discuss several theories of the origin of COVID-19, Fauci\\u2019s COVID Origin SWAT Team, the significance of RaTG-13 and those Mojang Miners, accelerated viral evolution in immunocompromised hosts, and much more. In the second half, we discuss the many unusual features of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak in West Africa that point to an \\u201cunnatural\\u201d origin, and the many similarities to the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan.

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