Athan: Much of what we've done and demanded that others do in response to covet has been therefore unnecessary and even unethical. So everything from lock downs to school closures, to mask mandates, to the vaccination campaign itself, all this has been done for sinister political motives and based on corporate greed, right? Athan: There's pinion that has solidified on the right politically. And it's also taken hold out in the alternative media.
Sam Harris speaks with Nicholas Christakis about the lessons of the COVID pandemic. They discuss our failures to coordinate an effective response, the politics surrounding vaccination, vaccine efficacy, vaccine safety, how to think about scientific controversies, the epidemiology of excess deaths, transmission among the vaccinated, natural immunity, selection pressures and new variants, the failure of institutions, the lab-leak hypothesis, the efficacy of lockdowns, vaccine mandates, boosters, what would happen in a worse pandemic, and other topics.
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