Thinking Critically About COVID: Conspiracies vs. Nuance and Facts (Jay Bhattacharya)
Jay Bhattacharya is a Professor of Health Policy at Stanford University and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economics Research. He directs Stanford\u2019s Center for Demography and Economics of Health and Aging. His work focuses on the health and well-being of vulnerable populations, with a particular emphasis on the role of government programs, biomedical innovation, and economics. His recent research is on the epidemiology of COVID-19 as well as an evaluation of policy responses to the epidemic.
Shermer and Bhattacharya discuss: loss of trust in medical and scientific institutions \u2022 how well did lockdowns and masks really work \u2022 Lab Leak vs. Zoonomic hypothesis \u2022 hydroxychloroquine & ivermectin \u2022 debating anti-vaxxers, RFK, Jr., and conspiracy theories \u2022 myocarditis, Robert Malone, mRNA vaccines, Joe Rogan, Peter Hotez \u2022 The Great Barrington Declaration \u2022 the cost to the economy and education \u2022 which countries and states did better or worse.