meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Science Rules! with Bill Nye

Coronavirus: Using Science to Fight Vaccine Hesitancy

Science Rules! with Bill Nye

Stitcher

Science

4.64.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Behavioral scientist Katy Milkman explains how simple nudges can make people want to get vaccinated. Also: is this the biggest “fresh start” of all time?

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

This is in historic time.

0:05.0

This is going to be a multi-year fight.

0:08.0

Why is it taking so long to get a screening test?

0:11.0

It is not a hoax, it is real.

0:13.0

Something that we have never experienced before.

0:16.0

Wash hands, wash hands, wash hands.

0:19.0

I mean you're the scientist, you're gonna have to tell me.

0:24.0

Welcome, welcome to Science Rules, coronavirus edition.

0:27.0

I'm your host Bill Nye and this is the series that brings you the latest analysis and the science of this pandemic so that we can all stay informed, prepared and calm.

0:38.0

We are all still in this together, my friends.

0:41.0

Several weeks ago we passed a milestone that should have been caused for celebration and ticker tape parades down Broadway and Constitution Avenue and all these exotic places.

0:52.0

All Americans, 16 and older are now eligible to get a vaccine.

0:57.0

That's it.

0:58.0

We should be speeding toward the legendary herd immunity.

1:02.0

But something is standing in the way.

1:04.0

I'm talking about vaccine hesitancy people, people who hesitate to get vaccinated.

1:11.0

In many parts of the U.S. there are now more vaccines available than there are people lining up to get them.

1:16.0

And what I call this bad behavior, what I call this anti-social, what I call this dangerous.

1:24.0

Well here to help us understand how we can change our behaviors and beat this pandemic is Dr. Katie Milkman.

1:31.0

She is a professor of behavioral science at the University of Pennsylvania, host of the podcast, Choi Sology, an author of the new book, How to Change.

1:40.0

The science of getting from where you are to where you want to be.

1:44.0

Dr. Katie Milkman, welcome to Science Rolls-Drunner Virus Edition. May I call you Katie?

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Stitcher, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Stitcher and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.