ICYMI: A Vaccine Is Not a Personality

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🗓️ 14 April 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, Rachelle Hampton and Madison Malone Kircher look at the way the COVID vaccines have seemed to develop online personalities. They discuss how the memes and merch inspired by Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson can actually encourage vaccine hesitancy—which is all the more disappointing since there are actually some pretty informative TikToks out there about COVID-19. Next, they speak to a few Slatesters who might not have purchased vaxx merch but definitely made their own reckless online purchases, by buying things through targeted Instagram ads. Do these impulse buys ever bring us the joy we think they will? Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Derek John. Support ICYMI and listen to the show with zero ads. Sign up to become a Slate Plus member for just $1 for your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Have you ever thought, ugh, this water is too wet?
0:04.5	Or this beach is too sandy.
0:06.6	My name's Christine.
0:07.8	And my name is Sandy.
0:09.2	And where the host of Beach to Sandy water to wet.
0:11.5	A podcast where we do dramatic readings of the most wild and off the wall reviews on
0:15.3	the internet.
0:16.3	We find the funniest, real reviews about everything from Vegas weddings, matchmaking services
0:21.4	and trader joes, to caves, toddler beds, and spirit Halloween.
0:25.6	You won't believe the things that people think absolutely must be set on the internet.
0:29.2	How else would everyone know that some caves don't have Wi-Fi?
0:32.0	We hear about the good, the bad, and that one time spirit Halloween sent someone a dildo
0:36.1	instead of a Halloween costume.
0:37.8	And believe it or not, we got to the bottom of it.
0:40.5	Join us every Wednesday wherever you listen to your podcasts.
0:43.5	Beach to Sandy water to wet is brought to you by the Forever Dog Podcast Network.
0:47.1	They're called COVID-19.
0:50.1	They have four cans and they're coming.
0:52.9	Four cans.
0:54.9	Please.
0:56.2	Ah!
1:00.2	Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton.
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