Conan O'Brien: Why are we still giving out wo hooster? That makes no sent i don't get that. The boon of the vaciom platform was that it was so quick to change direction, and yet we have not changed direction at all. There's talk right now that we're going to go to an annual cove 19 shot. What should be the level of evidence for that? In my world, i'd love to see you prove to me that shot works in the southern hemisphere when they're having their winter surge.
When it comes to the COVID-19 vaccination, is the risk of myocarditis greater than the benefit to a healthy male teen? Is natural immunity really better than vaccination--and were we right to mask the kids? Dr. Vinay Prasad of the University of California San Francisco talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about what we learned and didn't learn from COVID so far and how we should handle a pandemic going forward.