In this episode, we sit down with Edward Nirenberg and discuss the history, safety, efficacy, and controversy of vaccines.

 

Unfortunately, this is a complex topic with a great deal of history and politicization. So take a deep breath and listen carefully.

 

If you have a degree in biology or have a background in science then feel free to jump straight to the podcast. If not --- STOP! Please consider watching and listening to a few resources below to familiarize yourself with vaccine science to understand the content. We cover a lot of topics, but an hour is not enough time to go into this topic so I have tons of resources for reference.

 

Guest: Edward Nirenberg

Twitter: @ENirenberg

Website: https://www.deplatformdisease.com/

 

Pre-Podcast Resources

Explaining how the virus actually works. https://twitter.com/bbcmorninglive/status/1336970725878587392?s=21

 

Overview of Vaccines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMc3vL_MIeo&ab_channel=JAMANetwork

 

Annals on Call - Podcast on Vaccines - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/annals-on-call-podcast/id1424411912?i=1000499993297

 

Post Podcast Resources - Deeper Dive into Vaccines

https://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/

https://vaxopedia.org/

https://www.voicesforvaccines.org/content/uploads/2016/02/Vax-Hesitant-Loved-Ones-Toolkit.pdf

https://respectfulinsolence.com/

https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/

 

References

Dr. Kimberly Manning Article - More than Medical Mistrust

Twitter link - https://twitter.com/gradydoctor/status/1324762224192331778?s=20

Lancet Link: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32286-8/fulltext

 

Data on Durability of Vaccine response - https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMc2032195?articleTools=true

 

The Atlantic Article: Myth Busting Can Back-Fire https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/12/vaccine-myth-busting-can-backfire/383700/

 

Examining the why of vaccine hesitancy https://twitter.com/mariasundaram/status/1336018509504143366?s=21

 

Countries that have essentially eradicated COVID-19 https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/countries-without-coronavirus-no-covid

 

Heard Immunity - https://t.co/LRR5itC7pf

End Coronavirus - https://www.endcoronavirus.org/countries