Omicron Booster Science, Policy Ethics, Tribalism

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Medicine, Health & Fitness, Science, News Commentary, News

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🗓️ 7 July 2022

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Summary

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	caution. The ultimate spicy meatball from Domino's is hot. Just not stupid hot. It won't earn you
0:05.4	mythical status or get you a nickname like Mad Dog or Dragon's Breath. It's hot. Good hot.
0:10.8	The kind of hot that boosts taste nothing else. The ultimate spicy meatball with Siracha
0:15.2	Drizzle from Domino's, it will get you fired up. Subject to availability.
0:20.2	What is surprising, is it your celebrity crush knocking on your front door?
0:26.6	Oh, hiya!
0:28.9	Is it barbecuing and not burning the sausages?
0:34.0	Is it realising your cat has more friends than you?
0:39.2	Or is it finding hit anime like Goran Lagan, Cowboy, Beepop and Tokyo Ghoul to stream free on ITVX?
0:46.1	You be the judge ITVX, the UK's freshest streaming service.
0:50.3	Welcome back to the VPCD show. This is episode 21, I believe, and we are back here in Zedog Studios.
0:56.4	I'm joined by Zubin Amani, my friend and co-conspirator here on this podcast.
1:00.8	Z, it's good to see you.
1:01.7	Yeah, it's great to see you. You stole my chair dog.
1:04.7	Like, this is now, it's in the suddenly the Vinay Prasad show.
1:07.5	We've switched seats and, you know, I've been seeing you've been holding back on me.
1:10.4	This chair is more comfortable than that chair over there.
1:12.4	It's vastly more comfortable as a total power move to sit in that chair too.
1:15.6	It is. Like, just feel it.
1:16.7	Because your lighting is such that it's quite dim on your face, but the camera brightens it.
1:22.7	Whereas for me, I'm just blasted with light.
1:25.6	And so all I see is this beatific vision, right?
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