Kevin Folta Returns! Molecular biologist on vaccines masks national policy and how plants see light

Kevin Folta Ph.D. is a professor of Horticulture at the University of Florida. Folta is a molecular biologist by training and since COVID struck he has been using his knowledge and background to provide guidance on vaccines, masks and compliance. Folta and Vance Crowe discuss why people are slow to get the vaccine, the challenge of balancing safety and liberty and a grade for how the government has done responding to this disease. 0:00 Start 5:25 How to keep students on zoom engaged? 7:57 Light as a source of information 14:35 Gene expression in photo-biology 17:08 Connection between physical and biological world 17:32 How are students handling the pandemic? 19:34 Should people be afraid of COVID-19? 23:46 Missinformations about vaccine 31:53 How governments handled pandemic? 34:59 How to avoid manipulation 37:25 What is MRNA vaccine and how does it work? 46:25 Why people don't want to get vaccinated 53:55 How to not offend people 56:13 What's a PCR test? 1:00:03 Shall we wait till it's over? 1:08:37 When will pandemic end? 1:12:59 Mask after vaccination? Subscribe to the podcast for email notifications on new episodes, invites to events and other exclusive content — About the Vance Crowe Podcast — Vance Crowe interviews people with an expertise that you would want to know about, but might not think to ask. He prompts his guests to think about their work in novel ways, discusses how it applies to regular people and has fun sharing stories and experiences. Want to suppo