Misinformation is the new smoking

We got the Biden administration’s first advisory from the surgeon general today, and it’s about how mis- and disinformation have put lives at risk in the COVID-19 pandemic. As Los Angeles County gets ready for another mask mandate, we’ll talk about what that advisory could mean for regulations down the line. Also on today’s show: Shohei Ohtani, inflation and a reason to think twice before griping on Slack.

Here’s everything we talked about:

The text of Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s advisory

“Facebook, Twitter and other social media companies need to be treated like Big Tobacco” from NBC News

“LA County will require masks indoors amid COVID-19 surge” from the Los Angeles Times

“Transatlantic inflation surge fuels economists’ fears of overheating” from the Financial Times

“Cleveland Clinic, Mount Sinai Won’t Give Biogen’s New Alzheimer’s Drug” from The Wall Street Journal

“Netflix Fires Marketing Execs for Criticizing Bosses Over Slack” from The Hollywood Reporter

“The Origin Story of Shohei Ohtani, Two-Way Superhero” from The Ringer

“ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith apologizes for “insensitive” comments about Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani” from CBS News

One of Ohtani’s more incredible hits

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