本期节目邀请了伦敦国王学院病毒学教授Stuart Neil，他深入浅出地解释了关于新冠病毒的科学证据，包括疫苗、治疗方法以及病毒起源等争议话题。Neil教授坦诚地分享了我们已知和未知的信息，并与主持人讨论了《柳叶刀》事件、科学出版流程以及科学共识的形成过程。节目旨在为听众提供关于新冠病毒的科学信息，并帮助他们更好地理解相关争议和误解。

🦠 Stuart Neil教授详细介绍了关于新冠病毒的科学证据，包括疫苗的有效性和安全性、羟氯喹、维生素D和伊维菌素等治疗方法的有效性以及病毒起源等争议话题。他以清晰、客观的语言阐述了当前的研究结果，并强调了科学研究的动态性和复杂性。

🧪 Neil教授还解释了科学出版流程，包括同行评审和论文撤回机制，并强调了科学共识的形成过程，指出科学共识并非一成不变，而是随着新的证据不断更新和修正。

💬 Neil教授与主持人讨论了《柳叶刀》事件，该事件引发了关于科学出版和学术诚信的广泛讨论。Neil教授指出，该事件暴露了科学研究中的某些问题，但也强调了科学界自我纠错机制的重要性。

📢 本期节目旨在为听众提供关于新冠病毒的科学信息，并帮助他们更好地理解相关争议和误解。Neil教授的专业知识和清晰的解释有助于消除公众对新冠病毒的误解和恐慌。

🌎 Neil教授的观点和信息有助于促进公众对科学的理解和信任，并鼓励人们理性思考和批判性地接受信息。

You might have noticed there's been a bit of talk recently about a certain virus. A virus that may or may not have a vaccine that is very safe and effective, that may or may not be curable via hydroxychloroquine, vitamin D and ivermectin. That may or may not have escaped from a certain Chinese lab....

Yes folks, we're talking about SARS CoV-2. And although it's technically not directly guru-related, these are topics that have sucked so many of our gurus in like a conceptual black hole.

So, we were particularly happy that Dr. Stuart Neil was willing to talk to us and sort this stuff out. Stuart is a Professor of Virology at King's College London. He's a specialist in virus cell biology and immunology, antiviral restriction, and has studied HIV, Ebola, and most recently COVID.

Stuart is passionate about helping to inform the public about the state of scientific knowledge on COVID, and is known for his many excellent twitter threads helping to provide summaries and combat the misinformation and conspiracy theories that surround these topics.

In this episode, Stuart gives a nuanced and crystal clear summary of where the evidence is pointing on these COVID-related topics. Stuart's frank about what we do and we do not know on these topics. And with Matt and Chris, there's interesting discussions about the controversies surrounding THAT letter to the Lancet, how scientific publishing works, and how the 'scientific consensus' develops in a politically charged and highly dynamic situation.

If you have friends or colleagues who are uncertain about what positions the evidence supports on COVID, then THIS is the guy and THIS is the episode you want them to listen to.

Links

Stuart's article on Fake Science and Judy MikovitsStuart's Twitter profileD.R.A.S.T.I.C.'s Website

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