Vaccines

 
In this episode we first plug the upcoming Skeptics in the Pub Online about 9/11, Luc Montagnier is the topic This Week in Skepticism and the Pope gets poked for nepotism and corruption. Then we dig into the news:

• Grandma directed healthcare fraud through Black Magic
• Sixth IPCC report on climate change – we’re screwed
• July warmest month on record – ever
• Increasing covid cases in Iceland despite high vaccination rates
• Covid test scams
• Society of Homeopaths withdraws from the Accredited Registers programme of the Professional Standards Authority

The recent Swedish Tantra Festival was a Really Wrong idea!

Enjoy!

Segments: Intro; Greetings; This Week In Skepticism; Pontus Pokes The Pope; News; Really Wrong; Quote And Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes

0:00:27 INTRO

0:00:51 GREETINGS

• Skeptics in The Pub: Organised by VoF, in English on 6 Sept: 20 Years Since 9/11
  • VoF: https://www.vof.se/kalendarium/skeptics-in-the-pub-online-20-years-since-9-11/

0:06:49 THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICISM

• Luc Montagnier was born on 18 August 1932
  • Funk Kultur: https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/versuche-zufaelle-und-ein-skandal-die-geschichte-der.976.de.html?dram:article_id=496790
  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Montagnier

0:12:03 PONTUS POKES THE POPE

• Nepotism and Corruption
  • Crux: https://cruxnow.com/news-analysis/2021/08/at-vatican-trial-will-the-real-alberto-perlasca-finally-stand-up/
  • Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/16/cardinal-raymond-burke-ventilator-covid/

0:20:35 NEWS

• SWEDEN: Grandma directed healthcare fraud through Black Magic
  • DN: https://www.dn.se/sverige/domda-skyller-assistansfusk-pa-mormor-ska-ha-styrt-genom-svart-magi/
• CLIMATE CHANGE: Sixth IPCC report on climate change – we’re screwed
  • IPCC: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth-assessment-report-working-group-i/
• CLIMATE CHANGE: July warmest month on record – ever
  • NOAA: https://www.noaa.gov/news/its-official-july-2021-was-earths-hottest-month-on-record
• ICELAND: Increasing covid cases despite high vaccination rates
  • Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/iceland-covid-surge-vaccines/2021/08/14/bdd88d04-fabd-11eb-911c-524bc8b68f17_story.html
• UK / EUROPE: Covid test scams
  • the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/10/ministers-face-calls-to-intervene-in-scam-covid-travel-test-system
  • Sydsvenskan: https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2021-08-14/falska-covidintyg-misstanks-tillverkas-pa-resebyra-i-malmo
• UK: Society of Homeopaths withdraws from the Accredited Registers programme of the Professional Standards Authority
  • the Skeptic UK: https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2021/08/the-society-of-homeopaths-and-the-issues-with-regulating-healthcare-in-the-uk/

0:34:01 REALLY WRONG

• REALLY WRONG: SWEDEN: Tantra festival super spreader event
  • SVT: https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/varmland/man-har-inte-tagit-hansyn-till-vad-som-ar-lampligt

0:38:21 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

“I was a scientist and then I noticed: I have to go into science communication! It has turned into a political thing to stand for facts.”
/ Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim (7 August, 1987 – ), German chemist, science communicator, television presenter and YouTuber /

0:39:38 OUTRO

0:40:53 OUT-TAKES