Ronan Connolly/Gerry Quinn:  “COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned” | Tom Nelson Pod #313

Ronan is an independent scientist, environmentalist and writer. About Gerry: My main interests are in disease, immunity and the discovery of chemotherapeutic compounds 00:00 Introduction and Guest Introduction 00:15 Overview of the COVID-19 Paper 02:36 Background of the Authors and Initial Work 03:27 Scientific Approach to COVID-19 04:58 Challenges in Questioning the Science 09:38 Government Policies and Model Predictions 17:44 Sweden's Unique Approach 20:32 Publication Challenges and Shifting Narratives 22:14 Unintended Consequences of Policies 26:27 Precautionary Principle and Logical Fallacies 31:56 Great Barrington Declaration and Scientific Dissent 45:37 Public Perception and Media Influence 49:51 Introduction to Vaccine Narratives 50:12 Public Response and Social Dynamics 51:23 Questioning Public Health Directives 52:50 Media and Information Control 53:32 Discussion on Ivermectin and Vaccines 54:35 Exploring Ancient Irish Ethnopharmacology 55:08 The Role of Streptomyces in Medicine 01:01:35 Mathematical Models and Policy Decisions 01:09:12 Seasonality and Stringency of COVID Measures 01:16:44 Pharmaceutical Interventions and Controversies 01:26:16 WHO's Ivermectin and Remdesivir Analysis 01:26:44 Exclusion of Ivermectin Studies 01:29:50 HCQ Trials and Data Issues 01:32:50 Public Perception and Media Influence 01:37:23 Vaccine Technology and Public Awareness 01:48:54 Adverse Reactions and Reporting 02:02:20 Final Thoughts and Recommendations Ronan’s X: https://x.com/1RonanConnolly Gerry’s X: https://x.com/jercuinn From Ronan: The paper (37 co-authors) covers many topics, but this 28 min Alex Newman interview gives a great overview of our key findings: https://x.com/1RonanConnolly/status/1932831388790624445 The paper itself: https://www.ssph-journal.org/journals/international-journal-of-public-health/articles/10.3389/ijph.2025.1607727/full — AI summaries of all of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1