THE SKY IS FALLING! (except maybe it’s not?) A rational COVID update discussion, live.

I talk about vaccine safety and efficacy, those darn variants, duration of vaccine effect, the “4th surge”, kidsvaccine passports, and more.

Full video and transcript here.

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