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#238 – Francis Collins: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Lex Fridman Podcast
Nov 05, 2021
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2 hr 33 min
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Francis Collins is the director of the NIH and former head of the Human Genome Project. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Ten Thousand:
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OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (07:44) - Lab-leak theory (10:51) - Gain-of-function research of viruses (23:00) - Bioterrorism (27:30) - Tony Fauci (37:41) - COVID Vaccines (43:46) - Joe Rogan (50:49) - Variants (55:31) - Rapid at home testing (59:44) - Animal testing (1:05:09) - Stepping down as director of the NIH (1:09:03) - Barack Obama (1:11:06) - Accelerating Medicines Partnership (1:21:44) - Faith (1:27:12) - Fear of death (1:30:15) - Meaning of life
