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Dhru Purohit Show

#260: A Deep Dive into Covid-19 Origins, Lab Leak, and the Next Pandemic with Dr. Steven Quay

Dhru Purohit Show

Dhru Purohit

Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2022

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

This episode is brought to you by Pendulum. We’re constantly learning more and more about COVID-19. How it interacts with our immune systems, risk factors, and hospitalization and death rates are all topics that are extensively covered in the news.  But the origin of COVID is something that is much less talked about. Why does this even matter? Understanding COVID’s origin story is key in helping us prevent a future pandemic. Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru talks to Dr. Steven Quay to hear about his investigation into how COVID infected humans in the first place.  Dr. Steven Quay has 360+ published contributions to medicine and has been cited over 10,000 times, placing him in the top 1% of scientists worldwide. He holds 87 US patents and has invented seven FDA-approved pharmaceuticals which have helped over 80 million people. He is the author of the bestselling book on surviving the pandemic, Stay Safe: A Physician's Guide to Survive Coronavirus. He is the CEO of Atossa Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for oncology and infectious diseases. In this episode, we dive into:   -The two competing hypotheses of COVID-19 (7:13) -How SARS-CoV-1 began (12:23) -Gain of opportunity vs. gain of function research (13:46) -Dr. Quay’s research concluding that SARS-CoV-2 is laboratory-derived (17:19) -International inquiry into the origins of this particular coronavirus (44:08) -The implications if we don’t learn the lessons of the true origin of SARS-CoV-2 (55:03) -Natural immunity vs. vaccinated immunity (1:11:17) -Understanding the omicron variant (1:14:21) Also mentioned in this episode:   -"A Bayesian analysis concludes beyond a reasonable doubt that SARS-CoV-2 is not a natural zoonosis, but instead is laboratory-derived" - https://zenodo.org/record/4642956#.Yeo1SljMKBR   -Paris Group Letter - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/04/us/covid-origins-letter.html   -Did COVID-19 Leak From A Lab? A Reporter Investigates—And Finds Roadblocks - https://www.npr.org/2021/06/17/1007539626/did-covid-19-leak-from-a-lab-a-reporter-investigates-and-finds-roadblocks For more on Dr. Steven Quay, visit his website www.drquay.com. Email him at steven@drquay.com, Check out his book, Stay Safe: A Physician’s Guide to Survive Coronavirus at https://drquay.com/survivalguide/. This episode is brought to you by Pendulum. Pendulum is the first company to figure out how to harness the amazing benefits of Akkermansia in a probiotic capsule. To receive 20% off your first purchase of Pendulum’s Akkermansia probiotic supplement, go to Pendulumlife.com and use code DHRU20. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

If you don't know how this started, then you can't change any behaviors that could prevent one in the future.

0:07.5

I want to talk to you about a groundbreaking flagship bacterial strain that's been linked in thousands of scientific publications

0:14.8

from everything from weight loss and better blood sugar control to lowering overall levels of inflammation.

0:20.8

So what's this strain called? It's called Acrimancy and it's made by the company Pendulum.

0:26.1

So why the heck do we want Acrimancy and what does it do for overall gut health and microbiome?

0:32.0

So Acrimancy feeds on our intestinal mucosal layer and modulates its thickness. That's a good thing.

0:39.4

In exchange for providing Acrimancy with the house and food, it pays us back by producing short-chain fatty acids like propary night

0:47.4

and enabling other strains to produce puterate, which is super important for healing a leaky gut,

0:53.1

supporting the immune system and maintaining overall health.

0:56.8

I first heard about Acrimancy for my business partner Dr. Mark Hyman when he got really sick a few years ago

1:02.5

and his gut health took a turn for the worse.

1:05.2

He said that building up his Acrimancy was critical for helping him heal and support his overall gut restoration

1:13.1

and getting his health back on track.

1:15.5

Because Acrimancy can only survive in an oxygen-free environment like your gut,

1:20.4

it has been difficult for scientists to formulate it into a probiotic until now.

1:25.9

Pendulum is the first company to figure out how to harness the amazing benefits of Acrimancy and a probiotic capsule,

1:33.9

which is why I've been taking the probiotic daily ever since I got introduced to the company.

1:39.6

Right now, if you're interested in Acrimancy, this flagship bacterial strain,

1:45.0

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1:53.5

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2:02.4

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2:15.7

Welcome to the Drew Pro podcast. Each week, we explore the inner workings of the brain and the body,

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