When Experts Attack!

When Experts Attack! #13 — Coronavirus was not engineered in a lab

By Darrell Brogdon

Published April 13, 2020 at 9:27 PM CDT

We have another chat with Anthony Fehr, a molecular bioscientist who develops therapeutics to fight coronavirus. The last time we spoke with Fehr, it was before human-to-human transmission was confirmed, before the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, before we all started living under stay at home orders. So much has changed in the interim — we wanted to talk again with the coronavirus researcher to find out what he’s thinking. We discuss why the SARS-coronavirus-2 wasn’t invented in a lab someplace, how viruses are like zombies and what it means that a tiger in New York City has contracted COVID-19.

When Experts Attack!

Darrell Brogdon

Darrell is a self-described "radio rat," having started on the air in high school and still hasn't hung up his microphone. His first job was DJ-ing at KERV-AM, the only radio station in his hometown of Kerrville, Texas. After getting his speech and drama degree at North Texas State University, Darrell kicked around the dial before landing at KANU in 1982. In addition to his role as Program Director, he has produced just about any kind of show imaginable at KANU/KPR - quiz shows, radio dramas, concert broadcasts, arts magazines, record shows. A fanatical record collector, the second floor of Darrell's house is threatening to become the first floor under the sheer weight of accumulated LPs. Darrell sums up his on-air time thusly: "Doing The Retro Cocktail Hour and Right Between the Ears is like having the world's biggest electric train set.

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