It's a fascinating interview. Haven't heard about him before but his academic background looks legit, albeit more on cardiology not infectious disease. https:/

It's a fascinating interview. Haven't heard about him before but his academic background looks legit, albeit more on cardiology not infectious disease. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LzqEaOkAAAAJ&hl=en https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LzqEaOkAAAAJ&hl=en He made many extraordinary claims in this video. Here are some searches I have done on his claims. # Claim: You cannot be reinfected by covid-19 This Qatar study confirmed reinfection: [Efficacy of Natural Immunity against SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection with the Beta Variant | NEJM](https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2110300 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2110300) They even studied the reinfection rate difference between alpha and delta variants. # Claim: There's no FDA approved vaccine Pfizer vaccine is fully approved for use in 16-year and older on Aug 23, 2021. Below is the press release from FDA https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-covid-19-vaccine https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-appr... # Claim: Effectiveness of Hydroxychloroquine is dismissed Hydroxychloroquine is actually the most studied drug against covid-19. https://www.statnews.com/2020/07/06/data-show-panic-and-disorganization-dominate-the-study-of-covid-19-drugs/ https://www.statnews.com/2020/07/06/data-show-panic-and-diso... We can always argue that the dosage, setting, timing, etc are not right in these studies. To me the fact that we don't find it particularly effective in this many studies is a good reason to give other drugs a try. # Claim: Medical community does not focus enough on treatment. If properly treated, majority of deaths can be prevented. This is a fascinating point. I don't know how patients are being treated. But there must be some improvement in treating them as the death rate is way down even in unvacinated. He criticized hospitals applying arbitrary criteria for monoclonal antibody treatment. I see there's a shortage in the drug so it makes sense to only use on high-risk patients, e.g. old, unvaccinated. But I do like his point that we should focus more on treating patients. # Claim: Myocarditis induced by vaccines is a lot more common and severe than claimed This is a more troubling one if true. There's quite a few studies on the rate in multiple countries. All appear to be in line with the CDC number, e.g. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2110737 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2110737 The million dollar question is what's the rate of severe Myocarditis vs severe covid in children and young people? This should be the basis of cost-benefit analysis of mass vaccination. # Final thoughts His prior academic credential appears legit. He talks in a way that's fact based. He must have taken enormous personal risk in speaking out against the establishment. I want to believe him but so far many of his claims do not check out based on my own research. He quoted many studies in the interview. Would be helpful if there's a reading list to better understand his argument. The interview is more like his monolog as Joe has no expertise to critique him. It would be interesting to have someone equally knowledgable but hold an opposite view so we can hear the arguments from both side.