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The James Altucher Show

554 - CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY UPDATE: I TALK TO TWO TOP SPECIALISTS

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Business, Education

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2020

⏱️ 89 minutes

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There are new Coronavirus updates! I was sitting at home, and I am nervous just thinking about them. So I called up the two doctors that focus on research on this disease, Dr. Stanley Perlman and Dr. Eric Ding (back to back). I have to say, I feel so much better after the two interviews. I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

0:06.4

This is the James Altichar Show.

0:10.0

Well, first off, Stanley, thanks so much for coming on the podcast.

0:20.5

Maybe state for the record what's your expertise on coronavirus?

0:27.9

Well, I've been studying coronaviruses for 38 years.

0:32.3

So I work with mouse coronaviruses, human coronaviruses, and this new human coronavirus.

0:39.4

I'm a professor of microbiology and immunology and pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Iowa.

0:45.8

And why were you studying it 38 years ago?

0:48.5

Wasn't it just the common cold 38 years ago?

0:51.1

That's in humans.

0:52.0

But in mice, it actually caused a disease that resembled the human disease multiple sclerosis.

0:57.0

So I was interested in that.

0:58.5

And it turned out to be not just a mouse disease because what it was is the virus

1:04.1

caused an immunopathological disease.

1:05.9

You've got disease when the immune system started to respond to the virus.

1:10.2

And the same thing may be happening with this new coronavirus as well as with SARS and MERS.

1:15.7

So what is that?

1:17.3

What do you think is that?

1:18.5

So we'll start with this, but then I want to pull it back to where we are now.

1:22.2

But what could be happening with this coronavirus that's related to what you've seen earlier?

1:26.6

Well, if you always have disease when the immune response is clearing the virus,

1:31.8

it's getting rid of the virus, then that means that what you want to do in terms of therapy is not only

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