Coronavirus

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12 statements about Coronavirus, every show

ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
RFK Jr.: 2004 NIH study showed hydroxychloroquine obliterates coronavirus
“We knew ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine were working. We knew that since 2004, because the NIH did this study that said hydroxychloroquine obliterates coronavirus.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. May 5, 2023 ▶ 48:22 In conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
HOW I BUILT THIS Assertion Supported
Afeyan: 2,000 people received Moderna mRNA before COVID-19 trials
“Before a single vaccine for coronavirus that we tested, we had already 2000 people Who had received mRNA from us.”
Noubar Afeyan Oct 11, 2021 ▶ 49:13 Moderna and Flagship Pioneering: Noubar Afeyan
NEON SHOW Assertion Partly supported
Kapoor: Ketto raised up to 130 crore rupees for COVID-19 relief
“We've raised over about a 125, 130 crores just for coronavirus you know, for the pandemic, for doctors, for migrants that wanted to go back home for the underprivileged that don't have access to food.”
Kunal Kapoor Jan 12, 2021 ▶ 12:16 Kunal Kapoor on building Ketto, the largest Crowdsourcing platform in India
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Chamath: Trump diagnosis guarantees transparent COVID data will come out soon
“That it's now basically a hundred percent guaranteed that we will have all of the most transparent data about coronavirus soon.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Oct 3, 2020 ▶ 2:44 E9: Trump has COVID, First debate reactions, Coinbase letter response & more
TOP FOUNDERS Prediction Not checkable as stated
Yunus: vFairs Tracking at Least 70% Growth in 2020
“But again, 220, the way we are starting right now is you know, at least, if not more, 70% growth from what we are seeing from 2019 because of the coronavirus.”
Muhammad Younas May 23, 2020 ▶ 2:25 1764 "CoronaVirus Driving Massive Growth At This $2.5m ARR Virtual Event SaaS Company "
Pershing Square Executed Its Massive COVID-19 Portfolio Hedge in One Hour
“I mean, the, just most recently, our hedge that we put on to protect the portfolio, I guess, I wasn't specifically doing work on that investment at all, but I was thinking about the ramifications, for example, of the coronavirus, and then came to a conclusion …”
Bill Ackman Apr 28, 2020 ▶ 21:34 #82 Bill Ackman: Getting Back Up
Duke: Decision-makers must prioritize speed over certainty in exponential crises
“What we know is that we should be favoring time over certainty, so we should be trying to act and putting like a lot of hedges in place and doing things that are a little bit more extreme when we don't have a lot of data, because the one thing that we do know …”
Annie Duke Apr 20, 2020 ▶ 14:06 Annie Duke – Decision Making in a Crisis (Capital Allocators, EP.132)
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Calacanis: Trump has a 20% to 30% chance of having COVID-19
“I'm gonna put it at, I think he's got a 20% chance of having it. 30, something in that range.”
Jason Calacanis Mar 15, 2020 ▶ 40:55 E0: COVID-19 Political, Economic & Social Ramifications featuring David Friedberg
ALL-IN Prediction Held up
Chamath: Official announcement will state President Trump tested negative for COVID-19
“I think that the answer that we will get is that he's negative.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Mar 15, 2020 ▶ 41:10 E0: COVID-19 Political, Economic & Social Ramifications featuring David Friedberg
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Palihapitiya: COVID-19's secondary effects will cause more deaths than direct infections
“More people, let's be clear. More people will die because of the second and third order effects of coronavirus than these first order effects.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Mar 15, 2020 ▶ 53:13 E0: COVID-19 Political, Economic & Social Ramifications featuring David Friedberg
KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Assertion Supported
FDA bureaucracy blocked US coronavirus testing throughout February 2020
“Net-net a bureaucratic process inhibited the United States from testing for a critical 30 day-ish period from January to February and gave people a false sense of security that there weren't that many coronavirus cases in the U.S.”
Balaji Srinivasan Mar 13, 2020 ▶ 58:26 #78 Balaji Srinivasan: Exploring COVID-19
KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Assertion Supported
Srinivasan: Wuhan's 40,000-family banquet caused COVID-19 cases to surge vertically
“Wuhan had a gathering of 40,000 families, which is a really big thing, right? And that's a great way to just take something that was a viral fire and just make it go completely vertical.”
Balaji Srinivasan Mar 13, 2020 ▶ 1:12:38 #78 Balaji Srinivasan: Exploring COVID-19

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