Joe Rogan Experience - #1566: Nicholas Christakis

Joe sits down with Nicholas Christakis, a former guest and Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University. The conversation focuses on Christakis’s unique and informed take on the COVID pandemic, the future of our country, and what we can do to mitigate the risks and hardships we all face.

Show Notes: TP Shortages, Pandemics, and Vaccines

• Toilet paper shortage

• Increase in alcohol consumption during Covid

• Hunala app aims to be the Waze for coronavirus

• Bill Gates warning of pandemics

• In 2017, Anthony Fauci predicted Trump would face a pandemic during his presidency

• Fauci video where he states people don’t need to wear masks

• Aerosol transmission of Covid

• Video that Joe references of Bill Nye demonstrating the effectiveness of mask materials

• SARS victims carrying immune cells 17 years after recovery

• 2003 coronavirus mortality rate and details

• Young marathon runner who died from COVID

• Amount of sunlight needed to produce an adequate amount of vitamin D

• 1957 influence of a pandemic

• Pfizer Vaccine Trials

• Moderna Vaccine Trials

• Vaccine storage and handling

• Cold chain transportation

• People becoming more religious during pandemics

• Governor of California caught eating dinner in a restaurant, despite the strict restrictions he set in place

• Pence and staff not wearing masks or social distancing

• Info on PCR tests - molecular Covid testing

• Saliva test vs nasal swap effectiveness

• Why Sweden’s strategy for Covid containment won’t work in the US

• Florida COVID Restrictions

• Historically, people flee cities during pandemics

Books Recommended:

• “Home Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow” by Yubal Noah Harari - Joe's current read

More from Nicholas Christakis:

• New Book: Apollo's Arrow The Profound Impact of Pandemics on the Way We Live

• Bio, publications, and academic articles

• JRE Episode #1274

• TED Talk: The hidden influence of social networks

• Rubin Report: Yale Halloween costume controversy