A brand new in-person episode of The VPZD Show!
We deep dive into how our tribal divisions influence interpretations of science, ethics, and policy:
Omicron-specific boosters
Data on severe disease prevention and booster rationale
The challenges of case-control data for kids' vaccination
Evidence-based morality, ethical and practical considerations around vaccine mandates
Ethical and practical considerations around cooking pizza at home
Does repeated COVID infection harm you
Law vs. science and second order effects of legal decisions
Tribal division and taking joy in the suffering of the out-group
Stanford med school dean abortion letter controversy
Policing language vs. real policy issues
Outrage culture
The abortion mess
Jonathan Haidt's "Great Untruths"
When Covidians turn on their own
Taking offense vs. assuming good intent and how to organically promote changes in language
When "science" museums behave like buttheads
Loyalty on the left vs. the right
Ayn Rand and young people
Iodinated salt and MORE
Mrs. DoggMD and I hiked up to the top of a crazy temple and cemetery called Otani Sobyo above Kyoto this morning. Pure madness 🔥 and HELLLA G-HOSTS!
Today's interview with legendary vaccine researcher Paul Offit. Video version coming shortly!
Religion doesn't make us better or worse. We make religion better or worse.
Between the USSR and People's Republic of China, the deaths of 70,000,000 to 100,000,000 were caused by an antireligion belief system that cast its leaders (Stalin, Mao, Lenin, Marx, and so forth) as religious figures. Those who did live, lived in terror of being seen as the enemy of the people. Socialism/Communism (Communism has never been tried and all Communist countries are Socialist) doesn't work as advertised, but it never accepts fault so it has to murder and use terror to cover for the failure of its leaders and system. This has been proven for over a century and has become axiomatic.
If you believe that Christians, Muslims, Atheists, or any group (Even Communists and Socialists!) is standing between you and a perfect world, you're a monster. Perhaps you're a restrained monster at this moment, but the moment you have the power to suppress and oppress classes that you deem to be enemies of "The Good," you ...
