https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/6627fc07-035a-4f01-b3b8-5899040acb12 Anti-scientific conspiracy theories are spreading, not just among the right, but even even among some segments of the left. To address this issue from a Marxist perspective, Rania Khalek spoke with Rob Wallace, an evolutionary epidemiologist at the Agroecology and Rural Economics Research Corps in St. Paul and author of “Dead Epidemiologists: On the Origins of COVID-19.” You can listen to every episode of Rania Khalek Dispatches anywhere you get podcasts. Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3za9DRK Apple: https://apple.co/3zeYpeW TIME CODES: 0:00 Intro 1:44 Rob Wallace warned us early on about the outbreak of deadly pandemics. What did he see that others did not? (hint: agribusiness & capitalism are the problem!) 4:12 What is wrong with conventional wisdom about pandemics? 9:42 How big farms, free trade agreements, global capital and deforestation cause pandemics 18:05 How has capitalism reacted to the pandemic? 23:28 Playing devil's advocate 27:18 How capitalists are taking us to Mars 29:16 The Swine Flu is really the NAFTA Flu 37:20 Everyone NEEDS to get vaccinated! But are vaccines alone the solution? 42:13 What’s behind the hostility to vaccines? Blame neoliberalism. 46:46 Addressing claims of anti-vaccine activists 50:59 Individual rights vs collectivism and vaccine mandates 57:35 The Pharmaceutical industry 59:23 The real vaccine scandal, brought to you by Bill Gates and his rich friends 1:00:45 How capitalism is giving the virus opportunities to evolve and mutate 1:04:59 Lab leak theory & shifting blame onto China is all about absolving capitalism 1:09:59 How do we get out of this? » Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/BreakThroughNews» Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BTnewsroom » Tweet us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BTnewsroom » Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/btnewsroom/ At Breakthrough News we believe in the power of independent media. Five mega-corporations dominate the media landscape — controlling 90% of what we read, watch and listen to. They control the news cycle, to which social media and even most “alternative” media is forced to respond. We are breaking through that cycle. We tell the untold stories of resistance from poor and working-class communities — because out of these stories we will construct a different narrative of the world, as it is and in real time. People’s movements in every corner of the globe are changing history and shifting consciousness. But these movements barely receive any coverage from the corporate media. They need visibility. They need amplification. They need a media arm to break through. We can be that media arm, but only with your help. Become a Patron and join us on the front lines in the battle of ideas. Subscribe and follow us! https://www.youtube.com/breakthroughnews @BTNewsroom #vaccine #COVID19 #COVID #BreakThroughNews #BTnews #socialistnews #socialist #raniakhalek #eugenepuryear Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:19:18 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/6627fc07-035a-4f01-b3b8-5899040acb12 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.