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The Viall Files

E107 No Panic Pandemic with Ben Calvert, PHD

The Viall Files

Nick Viall

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424.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Today we wanted to talk about the coronavirus with an expert, so we brought in Ben Calvert. He has a Ph.D. in cellular immunology, specializes in innate immunity and respiratory disease, and trained at GSK Medicines Research Centre in the UK. We ask him about rumors we’ve heard, discuss what we should be doing to help stop the spread, and talk about a vaccine.


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0:00.0

What is going on everybody happy Wednesday to you all I hope you guys are all being safe

0:18.8

out there staying inside when you can that with that said we have a special episode

0:28.3

uniquely special is we thought given what's going on in the world today with the

0:34.6

coronavirus and all the information that's out there and a lot of the fear

0:39.2

that's out there and a lot of the misinformation that's out there we thought

0:44.6

we would spend a little time this episode talking to an expert a scientist a

0:50.2

PhD someone who works in this field to have a conversation about the coronavirus

0:57.6

and things we should be mindful of and just try to learn a little bit about what we can do

1:06.1

and what to take seriously and what not to maybe be afraid of because it's a scary time out

1:13.4

there I think we're everyone's a little worried about what this is and so yeah we have a great

1:19.6

guest Ben Calvert Rochelle actually is friends that she met through the cystic fibrosis

1:26.5

community yeah he's working on a cure actually for cystic fibrosis so he works on the lungs

1:33.0

and he works in a lab and he does experiments and that's the extent of what I understand

1:38.6

about what he does he talks a little bit more specifically about that but he deals with viruses

1:45.3

and he's he seems to specialize in the immune system yeah and respiratory issues and respiratory

1:52.8

issues of which both the coronavirus affects so and he told me he's doing a lot of consulting

1:58.9

for people about what's going on so I thought yeah you would be a good fit so yeah it's definitely

2:04.7

a different type of episode that we have for you today but we thought it would make sense and

2:10.4

our goal at least my goal was to let's try to talk to the people we should be talking to and

2:16.2

hear from the people that are experts I have to say I've been disappointed in like members of

2:21.5

bachelor nation who have been just so blatantly still going out on their social media I think

2:26.9

part of it too is it's it's a little ignorance I mean again I said this in the episode you know

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