Covid Origins on the Joe Rogan Experience
3 fact-checked claims across 2 episodes · Oct 2021 to Sep 2024 · updated Sep 3, 2026
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- Bret Weinstein (2)
- Joe Rogan (1)
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“The addition of a furrin cleavage site to spike protein made this thing capable of infecting and spreading between humans. That spike protein was the core of t…”
Weinstein asserts as established fact that an added furin cleavage site on the spike protein is what made SARS-CoV-2 capable of human-to-human transmission.
“the head of the Wuhan Institute laboratory in question, Xi Zhengli, was trained by Ralph Baric, right? So this is a partnership on dual-use research that doesn…”
Weinstein states that Wuhan Institute of Virology researcher Shi Zhengli was 'trained by' American virologist Ralph Baric.
“Well, that's because they destroyed a lot of evidence. This is concerning. They deleted how much evidence did they delete in 2019? Some stunning amount.”
Rogan claims Chinese/WIV-linked researchers deliberately destroyed a large amount of evidence (a genetic sequence database) in 2019 tied to COVID origins.