If you’ve ever found yourself researching COVID-19 on YouTube, it’s likely you’ve stumbled onto a well-spoken Irishman named Ivor Cummins dissecting the impact of the pandemic with detailed graphs and analysis. Before the COVID-19 era, Ivor, a biochemical engineer, had a large following as a presenter on facts about cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity on his very popular website ‘The Fat Emperor.’ However, since the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2, he has trained his eye on the pandemic with a series of in-depth YouTube videos commenting on the response of public health experts and calling into question many government policies as well as conventional wisdom. In this podcast, Ivor provides historical background which explains why, in line with the WHO’s 2019 guidance for dealing with a potential pandemic, lockdowns and isolation were actually not recommended. Yet, due to presumed pressure exerted by the Chinese government https://youtu.be/978zLJJLo-I, these recommendations, based on decades of empirical research, were simply ignored or changed without the backing of hard new clinical evidence. Ivor highlights similar changes in recommendations for mask wearing, which were also not seen as a useful approach to mitigating the impact of a pandemic, yet were suddenly recommended over the summer, contradicting research hosted on both the CDC and WHO websites that stated that masks were ineffective. Ivor’s podcast touches on topics such as the Diamond Princess Cruise Line, the Great Barrington Declaration, Occam’s and Hanlon’s Razors, and even the conspiracy around ‘The Great Reset.’ It’s a wide-ranging conversation that raises many questions as to why the EU and the US have adopted strategies to combat COVID-19 despite indications that the chosen paths are not based on evidence. This podcast is made possible with the support of:Pharma CCXSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.