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On this episode of ID the Future, <\/strong>biologist and Discovery Institute senior fellow Jonathan Wells tackles questions of evolution and intelligent design as they relate to the novel coronavirus SARS CoV-2. Is it the product of evolution, in the sense of Darwin\u2019s Origin of Species?<\/em> Wells argues to the contrary: It\u2019s not a new species; in fact viruses aren\u2019t even considered living species. Does modern evolutionary theory guide medicine\u2019s response? Not when you consider that most of the major treatments being used and pursued actually preceded Darwin. Is intelligent design involved? Yes and no, Wells says. Listen in to get his take on this and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On this episode of ID the Future, biologist and Discovery Institute senior fellow Jonathan Wells tackles questions of evolution and intelligent design as they relate to the novel coronavirus SARS CoV-2. Is it the product of evolution, in the sense of Darwin\u2019s Origin of Species? Wells argues to the contrary: It\u2019s not a new species; in fact viruses aren\u2019t even considered living species. Does modern evolutionary theory guide medicine\u2019s response? Not when you consider that most of the major treatments being used and pursued actually preceded Darwin. Is intelligent design involved? Yes and no, Wells says. Listen in to get his take on this and more.","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":37880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":1,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","sync_status":"synced","episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"https:\/\/episodes.castos.com\/id\/IDTF-1311-Evolution-ID-and-the-Coronavirus-Jonathan-Wells-Explains.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"237620","podmotor_episode_id":"214968","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:12:22","filesize":"8.5 mb","filesize_raw":"8914980","date_recorded":"2020-04-13","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"1311","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"full","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[2365,269,2710,410,562,811,945,1010,2715,3004,3005,2624,3006],"series":[7227],"speaker":[],"class_list":["post-37878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-__edited","tag-charles-darwin","tag-coronavirus","tag-darwinism","tag-evolution","tag-intelligent-design","tag-macroevolution","tag-microevolution","tag-pandemic","tag-sars","tag-sars-cov-2","tag-theodosius-dobzhansky","tag-vaccinations","series-intelligent-design-the-future"],"acf":[],"author_names":["Jonathan Wells"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/rv3qxyuwiww-scaled-1.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/08\/idthefuture-cover.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-download\/37878\/1311.mp3","player_link":"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-player\/37878\/1311.mp3","audio_player":"

Evolution, ID, and the Coronavirus: Jonathan Wells Explains<\/a><\/blockquote>