Death Panel

We discuss the CDC's back-and-forth this week on aerosolized transmission, then (21:00) Beatrice and Phil speak with Abby Cartus about herd immunity and the idea of "stratified lockdown" circulating among certain epidemiologists.

Abby Cartus is a PhD candidate in perinatal epidemiology. You can follow her on Twitter @AbbyCScience

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We discuss the death of Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and take a look at the latest in COVID-19 conspiracy theories via "The Yan Report," a document from "The Rule of Law Society" purporting to show evidence that the coronavirus was created in a Chinese lab.

Runtime 1:24:44

DP EP 187, 21 September 2020

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We discuss the whistleblower report on forced sterilizations at an ICE facility, then (19:15) take a look at embattled Trump administration Health and Human Services official Michael Caputo's attempts to alter language in official CDC reports on COVID-19, and explore his truly bizarre past.

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We're joined by Jacob Bacharach for a thorough review of Matt Yglesias' latest book, "One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger."

Read Jacob's review in The New Republic here: https://newrepublic.com/article/159306/emptiness-matthew-yglesias-biggest-idea-billion-americans-book-review

and follow him on Twitter @jakebackpack.

Runtime 1:27:23

DP EP 185, 14 September 2020

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We discuss Congress' continued resistance to a relief bill, and why for the wealthy it looks like the economy has already recovered. Then we look into a suite of employee tracking initiatives made by Google, Microsoft, and Salesforce to fight the pandemic, and explain why it became such big news that AstraZeneca paused its COVID vaccine trial.

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In this Labor Day special, we take a look back at the fight for national health insurance in America from the 1920s into the 1970s. Eugenicists, industry groups, paternalistic wonks, this one has it all.

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DP EP 183, 7 September 2020

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We discuss the Trump and Biden campaigns' week of competing over law and order, the fresh controversy over looting, and recent updates on federal agencies willingness to push the AstraZeneca vaccine through rushed development.

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We discuss Elon Musk's Neurolink device presentation and review the Republican National Convention.

Runtime 1:28:09

DP EP 181, 31 August 2020

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We're joined by Lina and John of Work Stoppage to discuss the push to reopen schools in the U.S. at any cost, and the actions teachers' unions have (and haven't) taken to stop it. We also get into the strikes vs boycotts discussion brought on by the NBA work stoppage.

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We piece together everything we've come to learn about COVID-19 over the course of the pandemic to try to form our most comprehensive and accessible explanation of what the coronavirus is, the many ways it affects the body, and what you should know to try to protect yourself.

Runtime 1:35:58

DP EP 179, 24 August 2020

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