The One With the Wuhan Lab Leak Theory and Aaron Rodgers’ Darkness Retreat

This week Jay is awash in a fresh batch of COVID headlines; including a meta analysis of mask mandate studies, and the FBI’s new claim backing up the ‘lab leak’ origination theory. Then, Suzanne summarizes details that Aaron Rodgers shared after his highly publicized four-day darkness retreat. 

Plus - Swingers, candy cigarettes, feces apologies, and Jakie Robinson. 

Links:

Fibronostalgia: 

An oral history of Swingers: 

https://grantland.com/features/an-oral-history-swingers/

Candy cigarettes:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_cigarette

Wait what:

Huffpost - German Ballet Director Formally Apologizes For Smearing Feces In Critic’s Face:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/martin-goecke-smeared-feces_n_63ec06ebe4b0063ccb291466

The AP  - That’s an error: NYC road sign is spelled ‘Jakie’ Robinson:

https://apnews.com/article/mlb-sports-baseball-new-york-city-ba622678a71c42f21e1f23968d8f0bfb

Politics: 

NYTimes: Do mask mandates work?

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/21/opinion/do-mask-mandates-work.html

Wall Street Journal - FBI director says COVID pandemic likely caused by Chinese lab leak:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/fbi-director-says-covid-pandemic-likely-caused-by-chinese-lab-leak-13a5e69b

SNL - Woody Harrelson monologue:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8LX8MQMrag

Pop culture:

The Aubrey Marcus Podcast with Aaron Rodgers: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aubrey-marcus-podcast/id521945322?i=1000602294353

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