A deep dive into the risk/benefit of vaccination vs. "natural" COVID infection at this delta-driven stage; we talk mask and vaccine mandates, how variants work, natural immunity, an alt-middle approach to sensemaking, and more, originally LIVE. Links, transcript, and audio podcast: zdoggmd.com/should-you-vaccinate Your support keeps us independent and mild-to-moderately awesome: zdoggmd.com/supporters Show, podcast, music, support, shop, social media, and email: lnk.bio/zdoggmd Key Topics: 0:00 Intro 1:04 Rising cases and hospitalization geographically and declining vaccination rates 5:50 What’s the deal with delta variant, how are variants created, how infectious is it 8:44 The effect of vaccines on Delta, the dynamics around young people 11:00 Cases vs. Deaths 12:54 Risk vs. Benefit with vaccines and understanding hesitancy 16:28 My recommendation on vaccines 17:47 The herd immunity threshold and Delta, Israel and Great Britain’s experience 19:54 Vaccine breakthrough infections 22:05 Risk to kids, the effect of normal human behavior modulation, vaccine mandates 26:02 Alt-Middle call to action 28:42 Taking live comments: employer mandates, FDA approval 31:26 Nurses who won’t vaccinate, social media polarization 36:11 The forces of misinformation are selling you something (Mercola, Tenpenny) 37:00 Pregnancy and vaccines 39:56 CDC and it’s terrible messaging 40:42 Autonomy vs. Communion: The Alt-Middle approach

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