COVID-19

2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 13, 2021 by Benedict Evans · across every show →

Everything said about COVID-19, oldest first

Jul 13, 2021 positive
Assertion Supported
Evans: Viral Sequencing Became Extremely Cheap and Fast Over Past Decade
“What was significant was this fact that it could be DNA, the DNA of COVID could be DNA. Could, can be sequenced and can be analyzed almost immediately. Which is sort of, which has been a kind of fundamental change in the last decade or so that it's gone from c…”
Benedict Evans Jul 13, 2021 ▶ 44:12 Creativity and Optimism
Mar 3, 2024 negative
Assertion Supported
Evans: Social platforms previously blocked COVID lab leak and mask efficacy posts
“I mean, the kind of the case study here is when social networks decided to block anybody Suggesting that masks weren't very useful during COVID or block anybody suggesting that maybe COVID had leaked from a Chinese biology research lab. And I think now, I don'…”
Benedict Evans Mar 3, 2024 ▶ 15:08 Google Gemini and AI bias
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