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Surface Scratchers Ep13 - Vaccines


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Vaccines, vaccines! Hear all about them! Sawant and Ronny discuss their history, how they work, how the Covid-19 vaccines are different, and bust a few myths.

Show Notes (This time, we're linking podcasts we think you may like. All on Covid-19 or pandemics)

Radiolab: The Great Vaccinator - On Herman Miller & the role of chicken eggs in vaccine development (Spotify, Google Podcasts).
Radiolab: Challenge Trials (Spotify, Google Podcasts). 

Freakonomics Radio: Why Can’t Schools Get What the N.F.L. Has? - On systematic, widespread and regular testing (Google Podcasts, Spotify)

Freakonomics Radio: Which Jobs Will Come Back, and When? (Google Podcasts, Spotify)

The Seen and the Unseen Ep 221: Science and Covid-19 (Spotify, Google Podcasts)

The Seen and the Unseen Ep 177: India's Economy in the Time of Covid-19 (Spotify, Google Podcasts)

Cautionary Tales: How To End A Pandemic - on smallpox (Spotify, Google Podcasts)

Cautionary Tales: The Village of Heroes - on the plague (Spotify, Google Podcasts)

Planet Money: Fork the Govt - How tech helped Taiwan beat Covid-19 (Spotify, Google Podcasts)

Planet Money: After the plague (Spotify, Google Podcasts)

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Penguins of Madagascar and the Smallpox Vaccine (Google Podcasts, Spotify)

Vox's videos: Why you can't compare Covid-19 vaccines, mRNA vaccines, Why side effects are a good thing, How rich countries are making the pandemic last longer, Can we get rid of Covid-19 forever?

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