TWiV 1026: Debunking RFK Jr.’s vaccine funk with Dan Wilson

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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🗓️ 16 July 2023

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Dan Wilson returns to TWiV to debunk vaccine misinformation by RFK Jr. during his recent appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Guest: Dan Wilson Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Joe Rogan’s worst misinformation yet, with RFK Jr. (YouTube) Every first vaccine has been tested in placebo-controlled trials before going to market. Polio Measles HPV COVID-19 HepB Haemophilus influenzae B Pertussis Diphtheria Tetanus Pneumococcal Mumps Meningococcal Chickenpox HepA KiGGS Study results on atopic diseases after vaccination (Vaccine) Vaccine history by year (CHOP) Financing vaccines in the 21st Century (Nat Acad Press) DALY rates from non-communicable diseases (Our World in Data) Science loses one to creationism (WaPo) Children’s Health Defense (Wikipedia) COVID-19 vaccines saved 3 million US lives (CIDRAP) Beyond the Noise with Paul Offit (YouTube) Letters read on TWiV 1026 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Dickson – Jazz G.O.A.T.S – Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald Brianne – Defining the Anthropocene? Kathy – How to use your thermostat on A/C Rich – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Vincent – Step Aside, Joe Biden Listener Picks Kim – Virus found in a boreal lake links ssDNA and dsDNA viruses and Structure of ssDNA bacteriophage ΦCjT23 provides insight into early virus evolution Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]

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0:00.0	This week in virology, the podcast about viruses, the kind that make you sick.
0:10.4	From microbe TV, this is TWIV, this week in virology, episode 1026 recorded on July 14,
0:20.6	2023. I'm Vincent Racken Yellow, and you're listening to the podcast all about viruses.
0:28.2	Joining me today here at the incubator in New York. I was going to say Daniel Griffin when
0:34.0	it's Dixand de Pumier. No, now standing in for Daniel Griffin, Dixand de Pumier.
0:39.2	Hey, hello, Vincent. Isn't it best deal day? July 14th.
0:43.6	Best deal day. Also joining us from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Kathy Spindler.
0:49.3	Hi, everybody. Here it's 84, and it says it's drizzling, but I can't really tell that
0:54.0	looking out my window. So yeah, I don't know if it's drizzling or not, but it's 30 to 84.
1:00.4	Supposedly, we have thunderstorms, but it's 31C here. We can't see out the window.
1:04.6	We cannot see. Windows are blocked. Also joining us from Austin, Texas, rich content.
1:09.1	Hi, everybody. I'm just looking it up. It's 102 here in Austin,
1:15.3	and a streak of 100-degree days. And you know, the news media makes it sound like it's the end of
1:22.0	the world. It might be, but the fact is it was hotter this time last year.
1:28.4	Right. There you go. From Madison, New Jersey, Brianne Barker.
1:34.1	Hi, it's great to be here. And it is the same 87 Fahrenheit 31C in New Jersey that it is in New
1:40.5	York. Our guest today, returning from debunk the funk, Dan Wilson. Welcome back.
1:50.5	Hi, everybody. Good to be back. You're somewhere near us, right? You're like Pennsylvania-ish.
1:57.1	Yeah, I'm in the Philadelphia area. So also 87 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy, but it feels
2:03.0	very, very hot. All right. Today we are going to, we have Dan here to help us grapple with
2:11.5	recent statements made by RFK Jr. Mainly on the Rogan podcast, but
2:20.0	also elsewhere. And I've been talking about this for a couple of weeks now since Dan actually said,
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