Electronic Health Records Endanger Patient Safety While Bat Labs Threaten Public Health

On October 22, 2025, Kim Monson explores how technology intended to improve healthcare has become a data collection tool rife with errors, while a Colorado university’s biosafety record raises alarms about dangerous virus research. Citizen watchdog Mike Rawluk, Dr. Jill Vecchio, mortgage expert Lorne Levy, and sixth-generation rancher Trent Loos join the conversation. CSU Bat Lab Biosafety Failures Raise Pandemic Concerns Start listening at 16:18 – Hour 1 Mike Rawluk exposes troubling biosafety incidents at Colorado State University’s research facilities. FOIA documents reveal a 2020 laboratory infection where a researcher working with Zika-infected mosquitoes walked around in public believing symptoms were from a common cold. Another incident from 2018 shows personnel escorted an untrained visitor into a BSL-3 space without documentation or testing. The citizen watchdog explains that a new NIH grant would bring Egyptian fruit bats and Jamaican breeding colonies to study Sosuga virus and Marburg, though the grant remains unfunded. Senator Joni Ernst has called attention to the issue, urging constituents to contact their representatives. “Back in 2018, personnel did not follow BSL-3 visitor policy and escorted a visitor without documentation, training, or testing into the BSL space.” Mike Rawluk, Citizen Watchdog Electronic Health Records Become Tool for Data Collection, Not Patient Care Start listening at 32:11 – Hour 1 Jill Vecchio warns that electronic health records mandated under Obamacare have shifted medical attention from patients to computer screens. Physicians paid between $30,000 and $70,000 per practice to comply, while reimbursement became tied to checking software boxes rather than providing care. Vecchio recounts her husband’s follow-up appointment where a physician’s assistant asked about a surgery that never happened, insisting the computer record must be correct. She also addresses gain-of-function research, calling the justification for studying virus mutations “scientifically garbage” and urging listeners to watch Tucker Carlson’s interview with Dr. Andrew Huff, a former EcoHealth Alliance researcher. “They’re doing this research to develop bioweapons that can be used against people and animals.” Jill Vecchio, Medical Professional Mortgage Rates Hold Steady as Treasury Dips Below Four Percent Start listening at 61:55 – Hour 2 Lorne Levy reports the 10-year Treasury has dropped through 4% to $3.98, though mortgage rates remain loosely tied to that benchmark. Most borrowers see rates in the lower half of the 6% range, with those having excellent credit and good equity securing low 6s. The mortgage expert recommends anyone with rates above 6.75% to 6.875% should explore refinancing options. With credit card debt at historic highs, some homeowners may benefit from cash-out refinancing to consolidate high-interest debt, even if their current mortgage rate is lower. “I would think that anybody who has a mortgage above 675 to 6875 should be taking a look and making a phone call.” Lorne Levy, Mortgage Expert Trump’s Argentine Beef Deal Threatens American Cattlemen Start listening at 72:28 – Hour 2 Trent Loos sounds the alarm on President Trump’s announcement to import Argent...