Covid Year Four (Unlocked)

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🗓️ 21 December 2023

⏱️ 208 minutes

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This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on December 12th 2023. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod We take a look back at the last year of major social and political developments that worked to normalize covid in 2023. Full Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/covid-year-four Timecodes: 00:05:30 — Introduction 00:11:53 — Part One: Fall/Winter 2022 00:39:27 — Part Two: 2023, Before the end of the Public Health Emergency (May 11) 01:45:53 — X-Files 02:02:57 — Part Three: 2023, After the end of the Public Health Emergency 03:05:14 — Discussion — Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod

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0:00.0	The pandemic is over.
0:02.0	If you notice no one's wearing masks, everybody seems to be in pretty good shape.
0:06.0	I mean, the notion that you could cut respiratory infections, there's no study in the world that shows that masks work that well.
0:11.0	We've got so used to the mask that we don't realize there's a large volume of people that are wearing it, not because of COVID, because they're criminals.
0:19.0	You'll get some people, mostly the vulnerable, the elderly, and those with underlying conditions.
0:25.0	We'll fall by the wayside.
0:26.3	They'll get infected, they'll get hospitalized, and some will die.
0:29.4	I mean, look at what's happened.
0:31.4	I sometimes underestimated because I stop thinking about it, but I'm sure you don't. Welcome to the Death Panel.
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1:39.3	So I'm really excited today.
1:41.2	Actually, well, I'm feeling nearly as much excitement as I am dread. Repudation. Yes.
1:48.0	Because, you know, this is the first time since Abby and Jules joined the show in September of 2022
1:53.3	that we have all been on a recording together all at once. Hell yeah. Yay! And I'm feeling dread, you know, but also excitement because today we are here to record
2:05.3	our annual COVID year in review episode.
2:08.7	So without any further ado, welcome to COVID year four.
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