Omicron Booster Science, Policy Ethics, Tribalism

The VPZD Show

We deep dive into how our tribal divisions influence interpretations of science, ethics, and policy (topic list below).

Here's the Offit interview I mentioned.

Topic List

1. Omicron-specific boosters
2. Data on severe disease prevention and booster rationale
3. The challenges of case-control data for kids' vaccination
4. Evidence-based morality, ethical and practical considerations around vaccine mandates
5. Ethical and practical considerations around cooking pizza at home
6. Does repeated COVID infection harm you
7. Law vs. science and second order effects of legal decisions
8. Tribal division and taking joy in the suffering of the out-group
9. Stanford med school dean abortion letter controversy
10. Policing language vs. real policy issues
11. Outrage culture
12. The abortion mess
13. Jonathan Haidt's "Great Untruths"
14. When Covidians turn on their own
15. Taking offense vs. assuming good intent and how to organically promote changes in language
16. When "science" museums behave like buttheads
17. Loyalty on the left vs. the right
18. Ayn Rand and young people
19. Iodinated salt and MORE

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