#254 – Jay Bhattacharya: The Case Against Lockdowns

Jay Bhattacharya is a professor of medicine at Stanford University and co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX to get 1 month of fish oil – InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex and use code Lex25 to get 25% off – Coinbase: https://coinbase.com/lex to get $5 in free Bitcoin – ROKA: https://roka.com/ and use code LEX to get 20% off your first order – Indeed: https://indeed.com/lex to get $75 credit EPISODE LINKS: Jay’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJBhattacharya Great Barrington Declaration: https://gbdeclaration.org/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: – Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast – Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman – Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman – Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman 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 (10:18) – How deadly is Covid? (39:48) – Covid vs Influenza (45:42) – Francis Collins email to Fauci (1:06:19) – Francis Collins (1:13:48) – Vaccine safety and efficacy (1:20:46) – Vaccine hesitancy (1:37:21) – Great Barrington Declaration and lockdowns (1:53:39) – Focused Protection (2:15:31) – Fear (2:19:57) – Advice for young people (2:24:56) – Fear of death (2:26:53) – Meaning of life