#247: James Todaro, MD on Coronavirus, What Makes it Unique, and Potential Vaccines

The Pomp Podcast

Anthony Pompliano

Business, Investing

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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James Todaro is the Managing Partner at Blocktown Capital and a Physician with a Medical Degree from Columbia University. In this conversation James and Anthony discuss the Coronavirus, applying existing medication to treat it, timelines for potential cures, how we can prevent it from spreading, and what to expect in the coming weeks. =============================== LEDGER----- Ledger hardware wallets empower you to optimally secure, own and control your crypto. Visit ledger.com and give yourself peace of mind by knowing that your cryptocurrencies are safe. ~If you enjoyed this episode and want to stay updated on everything Bitcoin, blockchain, and crypto. Check out Off the Chain newsletter by visiting offthechain.substack.com and join 35,000+ other investors currently subscribed to my daily investor letter.

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0:00.0	What's up, everyone? This is Anthony Pompliano. Most of you know me as Pomp. You're listening
0:04.5	Off the Chain, simply the best podcasting crypto. Let's kick this thing off.
0:11.2	James Todaro is the managing partner of Blocktown Capital, a cryptocurrency investment fund and a
0:17.4	physician with a medical degree from Columbia University. In this conversation,
0:22.5	James gives us an overview of COVID-19. He explains why this is different than other viruses and
0:28.5	flus. He walks us through the vaccine and cure process for production. And then he talks to us
0:34.9	about a potential cure that has recently been identified.
0:38.5	This entire conversation was super enlightening, and I learned a lot from it.
0:42.4	I'm thankful to James.
0:43.8	But before we get into this episode, let's talk to one of our sponsors, Ledger.
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0:52.5	and then we'll get into the episode with James. I hope you enjoy it. Digital assets custody can be quite difficult to secure and hard
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1:12.9	would enable financial institutions and crypto firms
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1:29.6	maintaining the highest standards of security to protect their client's funds. Visit ledger.com
1:35.6	slash vault to learn more. Control, scalability, agility, because security is not enough.
1:44.3	Anthony Pompliano is a partner at Morgan Creek Digital.
1:47.5	All opinions expressed by Pomp or his guests on this podcast are solely their opinions
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