antivaxx_protests

 

Fear of needles is probably a big factor in vaccine hesitancy.

In this episode we first mention that Sweden just announced an end to Corona restrictions as per the end of this month and we question if that’s that really wise. This week marks twenty years since 9/11 and the repercussions are still with us. The pope has been saying some strange things lately, and is he really well? Then we get into the news:

• UK: Four Met Police officers injured in anti-vaccine protest
• SWEDEN / GENERAL: Why people wait to get vaccinated
• GERMANY: Two cool things to watch for German speaking people; on climate crisis and on Rothschilds

To round off the Italian communications project “Comminicare Il Cancro” gets today’s prize for being Really Right!

Enjoy!

Segments: Intro; Greetings; This Week In Skepticism; Pontus Pokes The Poke; News; Really Right; Quote And Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes;
 
0:00:27 INTRO

0:00:50 GREETINGS

• SWEDEN: Sweden just announced end of restrictions as of 29 Sept
  • DN.se: https://www.dn.se/sverige/coronarestriktioner-havs-kan-leva-som-vanligt/
• GERMANY: Register for Skepkon 2021!
  • Skepkon: https://www.skepkon.org/zugang

0:04:27 THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICISM

• 11th of September 2001, Twenty years ago
  • Amazon.de: https://www.amazon.de/Verschw%C3%B6rungsmythen-verdrehten-Fakten-verkauft-werden/dp/3777627801
  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks
  • Council on Foreign Relations: https://www.cfr.org/blog/seven-resources-debunking-911-conspiracy-theories

0:19:45 NEWS

• UK: Four Met Police officers injured in anti-vaccine protest
  • BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-58440700
• SWEDEN / GENERAL: Why people wait to get vaccinated
  • Sydsvenskan: https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2021-09-04/darfor-vantar-sa-manga-med-att-vaccinera-sig
• GERMANY: Two cool things to watch for German speaking people; on climate crisis and on Rothschilds
  • GWUP: https://blog.gwup.net/2021/09/04/rezos-zerstoerung-teil-2-jetzt-gehts-um-die-klimakrise
  • GWUP: https://blog.gwup.net/2021/09/04/tv-doku-die-rothschilds/

0:30:21 REALLY RIGHT

• REALLY RIGHT: Cancer and fake news: One news item in three are false on social media. To the rescue: “Comminicare Il Cancro”
  • Corriere della Sera: https://www.corriere.it/salute/sportello_cancro/21_settembre_07/tumori-fake-news-social-notizia-tre-falsa-b6c8f012-0fc6-11ec-bed3-6f3896af8bb8.shtml

0:34:41 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

“Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence.”
/ Louis Pasteur (27 December 1822 – 28 September 1895), French chemist and microbiologist /

0:35:47 OUTRO

0:37:02 OUT-TAKES