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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:

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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

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