Is the Anti-Vax Vaccine Effective?

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Vaccines don't work because there still is some transmission with respect toin vaccinated populations, says Dr Sirot gas. The vaccine doesn't have to be equally effective against all of those outcomes - only some vaccines provide what's known as sterilizing immunity. We we had deferred still the topic of whether it is a civic duty to be vaccinated. You should be vaccinated, not just to protect yourself, but also to protect others.

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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