What Next TBD: An Antivax Dog Whistle Goes Viral

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4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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The idea that COVID-19 vaccines are linked to sudden deaths among young people has no scientific support, but the theory nevertheless has a lot of traction on social media. How can public health officials educate the public—especially on subject like vaccines, where their effectiveness renders them effectively invisible? Guest: Katelyn Jetelina, epidemiologist and data scientist Host: Lizzie O’Leary If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next TBD. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I made you think you was real.
0:02.0	My name is Caden Sinclair.
0:04.0	Some people call us American royalty.
0:06.0	We were Liars.
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0:10.0	We were happy. We wanted for nothing.
0:12.0	Based on the best-selling novel.
0:15.0	Something terrible happened last summer,
0:17.0	and I have no memory of what or who hurt me.
0:20.0	No one in my family will tell me.
0:22.7	When you're left for dead, you want answers. We were Liars. New series, watch now, only on Prime Video.
0:34.1	Welcome back to Cincinnati, where medical personnel have been working on Bill's safety,
0:39.2	Damar Hamlin for the last nine minutes.
0:42.1	Hamlin made a hit.
0:43.2	He got up, took a couple of steps, and then just fell to the ground.
0:47.1	When Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field during an NFL game
0:52.1	three weeks ago, epidemiologist Caitlin Jedettelina quickly turned on her TV,
0:58.0	partly because she's a football fan and she was worried,
1:01.2	but partly because she knew what was coming next.
1:04.9	A lot of Caitlin's work right now is focused on COVID misinformation,
1:08.8	and lately that's meant fighting the idea that COVID vaccines
1:12.1	are linked to sudden deaths among young people. How quickly did you realize after that happened
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