Season 1 · Episode 22
Omicron Booster Science, Policy Ethics, Tribalism
We deep dive into how our tribal divisions influence interpretations of science, ethics, and policy.
The VPZD Show · Drs. Vinay Prasad & Zubin Damania
July 7, 20221h 55mExplicit
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Show Notes
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
- Omicron-specific boosters
- Data on severe disease prevention and booster rationale
- The challenges of case-control data for kids' vaccination
- Evidence-based morality, ethical and practical considerations around vaccine mandates
- Ethical and practical considerations around cooking pizza at home
- Does repeated COVID infection harm you
- Law vs. science and second order effects of legal decisions
- Tribal division and taking joy in the suffering of the out-group
- Stanford med school dean abortion letter controversy
- Policing language vs. real policy issues
- Outrage culture
- The abortion mess
- Jonathan Haidt's "Great Untruths"
- When Covidians turn on their own
- Taking offense vs. assuming good intent and how to organically promote changes in language
- When "science" museums behave like buttheads
- Loyalty on the left vs. the right
- Ayn Rand and young people
- Iodinated salt and MORE
- Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app.
- Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here.
- Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
- Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.
- More on Vinay.
- More on Zubin.
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