Episode #1451
Peter Hotez
Books mentioned
Blue Marble Health
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Dr. Peter Hotez is a physician-scientist and dean of Baylor College of Medicine’s National School of Tropical Medicine who studies vaccines and infectious diseases. He and Joe Rogan examine COVID-19 transmission, severe illness, testing, treatments, vaccine development, public-health modeling, and preparedness for future outbreaks, including risks to younger adults, medical workers, and vulnerable communities.
What they talked about
- How the US arrived at the COVID-19 pandemic
- Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19
- Risk to younger adults under 44
- Smoking, vaping, and ACE2 receptor upregulation
- Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as repurposed drugs
- Convalescent antibody therapy
- Vaccine development and funding challenges
- Social distancing and 14th-century quarantine parallels
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