vaccine_safety

War and anti-vaxxers

We comment on some aspects of the war and also how you can best send help. In TWISH we celebrate good skeptic Massimo Polidoro and then we poke Pope Francis, whose buddy was just sent to jail for sex abuse. After that, we have the news:

• UKRAINE: The latest disinformation trends
• RUSSIA: Why has the letter Z become the symbol of war for Russia?
• RUSSIA: Lawmakers approve decision to imprison anyone contradicting government propaganda
• UKRAINE: Putin’s denazification campaign ends up destroying holocaust memorial
• INTERNATIONAL: Lancet study of 300 million administered doses: mRNA vaccines are safe and side effects mild
• HUNGARY: Centre for Social Research – Study on vaccinated vs unvaccinated population reveals interesting facts
• HUNGARY: New study estimates just how profitable being and anti-vaxxer can be

Danderyd Hospital in Sweden gets this week’s Really Wrong Award for allowing nonsense in their post-covid treatment program.

Enjoy!

Segments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; Pontus Pokes The Pope; News; Really Wrong; Quote And Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes;
 
0:00:27 INTRO

0:00:53 GREETINGS

• Russia ceases joint experiments on ISS
  • Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/iss-russia-axes-joint-experiments-after-ukraine-invasion-sanctions-2022-3
• The best ways to help
  • the Conversation: https://theconversation.com/ukraine-crisis-why-you-should-donate-money-rather-than-supplies-178245
  • Snopes: https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/03/04/booking-airbnbs-in-ukraine/

0:10:58 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY

• 10 March 1969: Massimo Polidoro was born this week in 1969
  • CICAP: https://www.cicap.org/n/articolo.php?id=278316

0:16:15 PONTUS POKES THE POPE

• Frankie’s buddy, bishop Gustavo Zanchetta, gets four and a half years for sex abuse
  • the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/04/argentine-catholic-bishop-gustavo-zanchetta-sentenced-sexual-abuse-pope-francis

0:20:46 NEWS

• UKRAINE: The latest disinformation trends
  • Snopes: https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/03/02/ukraine-new-crisis-disinformation/
• RUSSIA: Why has the letter Z become the symbol of war for Russia?
  • the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/07/why-has-the-letter-z-become-the-symbol-of-war-for-russia
• RUSSIA: Lawmakers approve decision to imprison anyone contradicting government propaganda
  • Snopes: https://www.snopes.com/ap/2022/03/04/russian-lawmakers-approve-prison-for-fake-war-reports/
  • NPR.org: https://www.npr.org/2022/03/07/1085025672/russia-social-media-ban?t=1646760081849
• UKRAINE: Putin’s denazification campaign ends up destroying holocaust memorial
  • the Conversation: https://theconversation.com/ukraine-war-putins-denazification-campaign-hits-babyn-yar-holocaust-memorial-to-33-000-murdered-jews-178403
• INTERNATIONAL: Lancet study of 300 million administered doses: mRNA vaccines are safe and side effects mild
  • the Lancet: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(22)00054-8/fulltext
• HUNGARY: Centre for Social Research – Study on vaccinated vs unvaccinated population reveals interesting facts
  • 24.hu: https://24.hu/tudomany/2022/02/23/koronavirus-covid-19-oltas-vakcina-oltatlanok-oltottak-tarsadalomtudomanyi-kutatokozpont-elemzes/
  • TK.hu: https://tk.hu/uploads/files/2022/olt_ell.pdf
• HUNGARY: New study estimates just how profitable being and anti-vaxxer can be
  • Atlatszo: https://pcblog.atlatszo.hu/2022/03/03/a-profit-ellen-papolnak-de-a-hirdetesekbol-profitalnak-a-kattintasvadasz-oltasellenesek/

0:51:13 REALLY WRONG

• Really Wrong: SWEDEN: Public hospital MD advocates raw food and breathing therapy for post-covid patients
  • DN: https://www.dn.se/vetenskap/raw-food-och-ratt-andning-skulle-laka-postcovidpatienter/

0:56:07 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

“We are accused of being blasphemous, but we are not interested in people’s religious beliefs. We are people who want to understand the world around us. When people have both sides of a story, they can make up their own minds.”
/ Massimo Polidoro (10 March 1969 – ), Italian psychologist, writer, journalist, television personality, co-founder and executive director of the Italian Committee for the Investigation of Claims of the Pseudoscience (CICAP). /

0:58:06 OUTRO

0:59:21 OUT-TAKES