A Nuanced Conversation About COVID Vaccines (Yes, Really!)
The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
Comedy Central
4.5 • 7.5K Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2023
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
It’s 2023 and we’re coming in hot with a conversation about COVID vaccines! We’re joined by Dr. Gregory A. Poland (director of Mayo Clinic’s Vaccine Research Group), Dr. Saad Omer (director of the Yale Institute for Global Health), and Zeynep Tufekci (professor at Columbia University), who bring something that’s often lacking from these conversations: nuance. We talk through why many non-crazy people are hesitant to get vaccinated, how our public health institutions have failed to communicate effectively with the masses, and why it should be perfectly okay to ask questions about the risks and benefits of any vaccine. Plus, writers Tocarra Mallard and Kasaun Wilson bring us up to speed on the latest Harry and Meghan drama.
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CREDITS Hosted by: Jon Stewart
Featuring, in order of appearance: Kasaun Wilson, Tocarra Mallard, Gregory A. Poland, Saad Omer, Zeynep Tufekci
Executive Produced by Jon Stewart, Brinda Adhikari, James Dixon, Chris McShane, and Richard Plepler.
Lead Producer: Sophie Erickson
Producers: Zach Goldbaum, Caity Gray
Assoc. Producer: Andrea Betanzos
Sound Engineer: Miguel Carrascal
Senior Digital Producer: Freddie Morgan
Digital Producer: Cassie Murdoch
Digital Coordinator: Norma Hernandez
Supervising Producer: Lorrie Baranek
Head Writer: Kris Acimovic
Elements Producer: Kenneth Hull
Clearances Producer: Daniella Philipson
Senior Talent Producer: Brittany Mehmedovic
Talent Manager: Marjorie McCurry
Talent Coordinator: Lukas Thimm
Senior Research Producer: Susan Helvenston
Theme Music by: Gary Clark Jr.
The Problem With Jon Stewart podcast is an Apple TV+ podcast, produced by Busboy Productions.
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| 0:00.0 | I need to see Twitter files eight. |
| 0:02.1 | The Harry and Meghan. |
| 0:03.6 | I mean, there are real big consequences |
| 0:05.3 | for this type of misinformation. |
| 0:07.0 | Huge consequences. |
| 0:08.8 | You know what? |
| 0:09.6 | From now on, his cream can no longer be clotted. |
| 0:12.3 | He must drink right in the cream. |
| 0:13.8 | Wow. |
| 0:14.7 | He didn't mean that. |
| 0:15.5 | He didn't mean that. |
| 0:17.3 | You sir will drink the sinister cream with no clots. |
| 0:44.2 | Welcome back to the podcast, The Problem. |
| 0:46.5 | I'm going to be talking about that. |
| 0:47.5 | That third rail thing, that thing that can surely get me canceled no matter what I say. |
| 0:53.5 | Vaccine safety, vaccine hesitancy, vaccine misinformation. |
| 0:57.5 | There are smart doctors and professors. |
| 0:59.5 | They're going to be talking about that. |
| 1:00.5 | But speaking of smart professors, |
| 1:02.5 | Takaar Mallard and Case on Wilson are here. |
| 1:05.5 | The first thing that I want to say is that the first thing that I want to say is that |
| 1:09.5 | I want to say is that I want to say that I want to say that I want to say that I want to |
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