Nicholas christachus is a sociologist and physician. His book, apollo's arrow, the profound and enduring impact of corona virus on way we live just came out in paper back about six weeks ago or so. We're going to cover some of the themes in that book because, among other things, i want to talk to you about the state of our understanding around all things coved - vaccines, vaccine hesitancy, lock downs, school closures.
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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