Dr. Mink Chawla

You go in and a colonel gets up and says, in the future, there will be a pandemic. We will not be prepared. There will be no vaccine. There'll be no drugs. There'll be nothing. And while we're sorting it out, we want to develop a filter that runs like a dialysis system that removes pathogen. And I am looking at this guy.

You go in and a colonel gets up and says, in the future, there will be a pandemic. We will not be prepared. There will be no vaccine. There'll be no drugs. There'll be nothing. And while we're sorting it out, we want to develop a filter that runs like a dialysis system that removes pathogen. And I am looking at this guy.

Correct. And so he says, we want this device to remove current virus, current bacteria, current fungi, and the future unknown pathogen. Wow. And Doug Silverstein, who's a very good friend of mine who works at FDA, still works at FDA, was at the meeting with me. And I turned to Doug and I said, this is effing crazy. This will never happen. This is total science fiction. Yeah. But it's cool. Yeah.

Correct. And so he says, we want this device to remove current virus, current bacteria, current fungi, and the future unknown pathogen. Wow. And Doug Silverstein, who's a very good friend of mine who works at FDA, still works at FDA, was at the meeting with me. And I turned to Doug and I said, this is effing crazy. This will never happen. This is total science fiction. Yeah. But it's cool. Yeah.

Correct. And so he says, we want this device to remove current virus, current bacteria, current fungi, and the future unknown pathogen. Wow. And Doug Silverstein, who's a very good friend of mine who works at FDA, still works at FDA, was at the meeting with me. And I turned to Doug and I said, this is effing crazy. This will never happen. This is total science fiction. Yeah. But it's cool. Yeah.

You know, it's cool. And not only were they right about the pandemic, I mean, eerily, eerily right.

You know, it's cool. And not only were they right about the pandemic, I mean, eerily, eerily right.

You know, it's cool. And not only were they right about the pandemic, I mean, eerily, eerily right.

That could be a whole separate podcast about that. And we won't do that. And the filter that actually worked to do all that was created. It was emergency use authorized in 2020, and it worked against COVID, and it worked as advertised, not surprisingly, initially largely deployed at our military facilities. So Walter Reed, BAMSE in San Antonio,

That could be a whole separate podcast about that. And we won't do that. And the filter that actually worked to do all that was created. It was emergency use authorized in 2020, and it worked against COVID, and it worked as advertised, not surprisingly, initially largely deployed at our military facilities. So Walter Reed, BAMSE in San Antonio,

That could be a whole separate podcast about that. And we won't do that. And the filter that actually worked to do all that was created. It was emergency use authorized in 2020, and it worked against COVID, and it worked as advertised, not surprisingly, initially largely deployed at our military facilities. So Walter Reed, BAMSE in San Antonio,

Eisenhower, Tripler, I mean, all our big centers, Bethesda Naval, et cetera. And it worked wonderfully. And we are now learning about all the other things this filter can take out, which is hugely important and valuable. But much of this has been serendipity. And I have said for a very long time that great technology teaches science.

Eisenhower, Tripler, I mean, all our big centers, Bethesda Naval, et cetera. And it worked wonderfully. And we are now learning about all the other things this filter can take out, which is hugely important and valuable. But much of this has been serendipity. And I have said for a very long time that great technology teaches science.

Eisenhower, Tripler, I mean, all our big centers, Bethesda Naval, et cetera. And it worked wonderfully. And we are now learning about all the other things this filter can take out, which is hugely important and valuable. But much of this has been serendipity. And I have said for a very long time that great technology teaches science.

And so we are letting this tech teach us, to be really honest, for much of the journey.

And so we are letting this tech teach us, to be really honest, for much of the journey.

And so we are letting this tech teach us, to be really honest, for much of the journey.

Yeah. So what's really interesting is that in medicine, since the development of antibiotics largely, we are allopathic physicians. So we go to a lot of training, usually around 10 years on average, you know, post-grad, four years of medical school residency. We are the most advanced drug pushers in the history of the world. We're very good at it. And we know how to dial in drugs.

Yeah. So what's really interesting is that in medicine, since the development of antibiotics largely, we are allopathic physicians. So we go to a lot of training, usually around 10 years on average, you know, post-grad, four years of medical school residency. We are the most advanced drug pushers in the history of the world. We're very good at it. And we know how to dial in drugs.

Yeah. So what's really interesting is that in medicine, since the development of antibiotics largely, we are allopathic physicians. So we go to a lot of training, usually around 10 years on average, you know, post-grad, four years of medical school residency. We are the most advanced drug pushers in the history of the world. We're very good at it. And we know how to dial in drugs.