Does The Vaccine Matter?

[Dani Cutler]

Was a good listen, and you can also read the transcript at the link. She doesn't push for or against getting the vaccine, but gives a rational POV on shady things happening with the production (which is making it difficult to produce), and who should be vaccinated if you do decide to get it. ~D

Shannon Brownlee: Does the Vaccine Matter?

In a new article in The Atlantic, Shannon Brownlee examines how some flu experts are challenging the medical orthodoxy and arguing that for those most in need of protection, flu shots and antiviral drugs may provide little to none. So where does that leave us if a bad pandemic strikes? Shannon Brownlee is the author of the bestselling book Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer. [includes rush transcript]

Guest:

Shannon Brownlee, award-winning medical journalist and senior research fellow at the New America Foundation. Her latest article in the Atlantic Monthly, co-authored with Jeanne Lenzer, is titled ‘Does the Vaccine Matter?’. She is also the author of the bestselling book Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer.

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