The Minutes of David Friedberg on covid https://minutesof.com/david-friedberg/on/covid/ Everything David Friedberg has said on covid: 11 verbatim quotes between May 2020 and January 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:42 +0000 Friedberg argues leaders must synthesize multiple data streams rather than listen only to single-issue safety https://minutesof.com/q/72c6c269-0725-46e1-b2c8-4d7da83393ba/ https://minutesof.com/q/72c6c269-0725-46e1-b2c8-4d7da83393ba/ “But thinking through the second and third order effects of what would happen to kids if you kept them out of school for six months, what would happen to the economy if you shut down businesses.” — All-In Podcast Tue, 13 Jan 2026 03:27:21 +0000 covid Friedberg states global malnutrition rose from 600 million to over 1 billion people since COVID. https://minutesof.com/q/bbe57580-4923-47c6-97e9-f7e5f30a9cbc/ https://minutesof.com/q/bbe57580-4923-47c6-97e9-f7e5f30a9cbc/ “In the last two years since COVID, we've unfortunately seen a reversal in global malnutrition statistics. You know, we were at 600,000,000 people, living on less than 1,500 calories a day just before COVID.” — How I Invest Podcast Tue, 09 Jan 2024 04:38:21 +0000 covid Friedberg compares COVID behavioral changes to post-9/11, arguing permanent shifts aren't driven by science bu https://minutesof.com/q/aefd1e30-b951-4afc-b3a6-57c1972235c8/ https://minutesof.com/q/aefd1e30-b951-4afc-b3a6-57c1972235c8/ “It's all politics and social behavior. It has nothing to do with science. Like, after nine eleven, there were no more serious, like, terrorist attacks on The United States, but our fucking lives changed dramatically.” — All-In Podcast Sat, 19 Sep 2020 04:41:45 +0000 covid Friedberg compares COVID response to post-9/11 changes, arguing behavioral shifts persist regardless of actual https://minutesof.com/q/bea4fa5b-b60a-4ae1-bc97-a02d861d1eef/ https://minutesof.com/q/bea4fa5b-b60a-4ae1-bc97-a02d861d1eef/ “It has nothing to do with science. Like, after nine eleven, there were no more serious, like, terrorist attacks on The United States, but our fucking lives changed dramatically.” — All-In Podcast Sat, 19 Sep 2020 04:41:45 +0000 covid Friedberg argues COVID behavioral changes will persist like post-9/11 TSA security measures that remain twenty https://minutesof.com/q/144d6e82-fec9-4cca-8886-cbd043f300ee/ https://minutesof.com/q/144d6e82-fec9-4cca-8886-cbd043f300ee/ “We go sit in TSA lines and, you know, get our asses swabbed when we get on an airplane now, And that's still going on twenty years later.” — All-In Podcast Sat, 19 Sep 2020 04:41:45 +0000 covid Friedberg predicts staged vaccine release starting in Q4 2020 with production already ramping in parallel to t https://minutesof.com/q/50ee7f2b-5f60-4864-abc0-bf2cabc5d238/ https://minutesof.com/q/50ee7f2b-5f60-4864-abc0-bf2cabc5d238/ “I think there's gonna be a staged release of vaccines that'll probably, believe it or not, start in Q4 of this year. And there's been production ramp up going on in parallel to testing.” — All-In Podcast Sat, 20 Jun 2020 02:45:29 +0000 covid Friedberg argues that two-thirds of the population under 60 without preexisting conditions face minimal COVID https://minutesof.com/q/e46e3885-5725-4e3d-bba2-ec5775416256/ https://minutesof.com/q/e46e3885-5725-4e3d-bba2-ec5775416256/ “for people 60 who don't have these preexisting conditions, it's just not, yes, there's always examples to the contrary, but it's not this sort of gigantic risk.” — All-In Podcast Thu, 21 May 2020 05:18:18 +0000 covid Friedberg argues two-thirds of the population faces low COVID risk yet remains locked down. https://minutesof.com/q/7b8f2f4c-f5f4-46c9-95cd-c4217aa5820d/ https://minutesof.com/q/7b8f2f4c-f5f4-46c9-95cd-c4217aa5820d/ “And so for two thirds of the population, they don't have a huge risk and we're still locking them down.” — All-In Podcast Thu, 21 May 2020 05:18:18 +0000 covid Friedberg cites research showing 40-60% of people have T cell immunity from prior coronavirus exposure. https://minutesof.com/q/f5eccc64-d164-4c37-a90e-53264f2455cd/ https://minutesof.com/q/f5eccc64-d164-4c37-a90e-53264f2455cd/ “And the reason is that they've had other coronaviruses through a common cold and they've developed this immune response.” — All-In Podcast Thu, 21 May 2020 05:18:18 +0000 covid Friedberg admits he vastly overestimated lockdown effectiveness, predicting under 20,000 deaths and return to https://minutesof.com/q/5ffd6485-1f15-40cb-a183-922efab0bb48/ https://minutesof.com/q/5ffd6485-1f15-40cb-a183-922efab0bb48/ “I was like, Oh, April 7, we'll be back to work. And I also had a bet going with you guys and I said, gonna have less than twenty thousand deaths in The US.” — All-In Podcast Thu, 21 May 2020 05:17:29 +0000 covid Friedberg cites recent paper showing 40-60% of population has T-cell immunity to COVID from prior common cold https://minutesof.com/q/8c24e534-2732-43ea-bba1-294535d0e723/ https://minutesof.com/q/8c24e534-2732-43ea-bba1-294535d0e723/ “And the reason is that they've had other coronaviruses through a common cold and they've developed this immune response.” — All-In Podcast Thu, 21 May 2020 05:17:29 +0000 covid