Pandemic-response expert Dr. MJC is back for our 15th (!) installment in the Pivoting Around a Pandemic series. In this “pandepic” two-hour round, we riff on: what we’ve been up to this summer, the five gnarly viruses we’re experiencing (COVID being only one), the horseshoe theory of political ideologies, discourse and censorship, tyranny and the fall of empires, vaccine trials, vitamin D, second-hand social media, and more.

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Topics Covered:

What we've been up to this summer

21:20 - Business ups and downs this year, coming out the other side

25:00 - At least 5 gnarly viruses of 2020:

32:19 - On Tyranny by Tim Snyder, the Fall of Empires, and hubris

42:52 - Horseshoe theory of far-left, centrist, far-right

44:13 - On Joe Rogan and the campaign from Spotify staffers to implement editorial involvement

1:00:35 - Censorship and cancel culture

1:09:54 - Vaccines: is it possible? Would you sign up for a trial? Would you get it in the first wave? Do you trust pharmaceutical companies?

1:34:06 - Vitamin D's role in our immunity

1:44:11 - Questioning how we work as it relates to our health

1:45:44 - Considering the downstream effects of so much accelerated technological advancement

1:47:34 - Surge capacity depletion

1:51:27 - Second-hand social media

1:52:10 - Cut out anything extraneous: do you miss it?

1:54:10 - Topic teasers for next time: travel, going to the movies, schools

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