Bret and Heather 126th DarkHorse Podcast Livestream: Out of Controls

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In this 126th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.

This week, we discuss science, Covid, vaccines, sunlight, and sophistry. New research suggests that adenovirus-vectored vaccines (e.g. J&J, AstraZeneca) reduce all-cause mortality, but that mRNA vaccines (e.g. Pfizer, Moderna) do not. What are the implications of this? What kinds of vaccines are recommended and effective, and how can someone not trained in thinking about these things know? We also discuss the role of vitamin D in Covid outcomes, as well as NIR (Near Infrared Radiation), which we primarily get from being outside. Since before the Industrial Revolution, our exposure to NIR has declined dramatically—we spend less time outdoors, and now even our lightbulbs and the glass in our windows limits how much NIR we receive, but it turns out that we need it. What else do we need that we don’t yet know about? Finally, we discuss the place for sophistry: in the classroom, where students can learn how to respond, so as to be better thinkers and citizens of the world.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Benn et al 2022. Randomised Clinical Trials of COVID19 VaccinesDo AdenovirusVector Vaccines Have Beneficial NonSpecific Effects? Available at SSRN 4072489

UnHerd interview with Dr. Christine StabellBenn

Have People Been Given the Wrong Vaccine? By Martin Kulldorff

The Vitamin D Paradox in COVID19 and Why It Predicts But Doesn't Always Protect. MedCram YouTube video

Dror et al 2022. Preinfection 25hydroxyvitamin D3 levels and association with severity of COVID19 illness. Plos one, 17(2), p.e0263069.

VillasisKeever et al 2022. Efficacy and Safety of Vitamin D Supplementation to Prevent COVID19 in Frontline Healthcare Workers. A Randomized Clinical Trial. Archives of medical research.

Joliffe et al 2022. Vitamin D Supplements for Prevention of Covid19 or other Acute Respiratory Infectionsa Phase 3 Randomized Controlled Trial (CORONAVIT). medRxiv.

Zimmerman, S. and Reiter, R.J., 2019. Melatonin and the optics of the human body. Melatonin Research, 2(1)138160.

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