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S1E48 / A False Promise: Herd Immunity and Herd Mentality / Mark Pagel & Tom Frieden

S1E48 / A False Promise: Herd Immunity and Herd Mentality / Mark Pagel & Tom Frieden

FromEPIDEMIC with Dr. Celine Gounder


S1E48 / A False Promise: Herd Immunity and Herd Mentality / Mark Pagel & Tom Frieden

FromEPIDEMIC with Dr. Celine Gounder

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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Oct 23, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Transcript"I would put this in very plain English: The way to protect the vulnerable is to have fewer infections, not more infections." - Dr. Tom FriedenTalk of achieving herd immunity without a vaccine is back in the news, despite the consensus among public health experts that this approach would cost hundreds of thousands of American lives. Former CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden talks about his recent op-ed against this approach and the "one-two punch" to get the pandemic under control.Then, evolutionary biologist Dr. Mark Pagel explains why some of the traits that make humans so successful as a species are getting in the way of an effective response to the pandemic,  especially when it comes to wearing a face mask.This podcast was created by Just Human Productions. We're powered and distributed by Simplecast. We're supported, in part, by listeners like you.#SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #COVID #coronavirus
Released:
Oct 23, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (95)

Eradicating Smallpox: The Heroes that Wiped out a 3,000-Year-Old Virus One of humanity’s greatest triumphs is the eradication of smallpox. This new eight-episode docuseries, “Eradicating Smallpox,” explores this remarkable feat and uncovers striking parallels and contrasts to recent history in the shadows of the covid-19 pandemic. Host Céline Gounder brings decades of experience working on HIV in Brazil and South Africa, Ebola during the outbreak in New Guinea, and covid-19 in New York City at the height of the pandemic. She travels to India and Bangladesh to bring never-before-heard stories from the front lines of the battle to wipe smallpox off the face of the Earth. “Epidemic” launched in early 2020 and quickly became a key source of reporting on the rapidly unfolding coronavirus pandemic. The show premiered at No. 1 in health and fitness and No. 1 in medicine on the Apple Podcast charts.