I believe in vaccination, and I think COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. But I’m refusing mine. Listen and learn why.
Also, please listen to my longer, more thorough episode on pandemics:
We Hate Pandemics: So why are we making more of them? | #6
Resources:
~ CNN, 5/3/21
Video: The Covid-19 hospital in India so bad patients want to get out
~ Newsweek, 5/15/21
Indian Police Crack Down on Dumping of Bodies Into Ganges as Country Sees 326K New COVID Infections
~ CNN, 5/14/21
The stark global divide in the Covid-19 pandemic
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2021/05/world/covid-global-outlook-cnnphotos/
~ NY Times, 4/22/21
Opinion: I Run the W.H.O., and I Know That Rich Countries Must Make a Choice
(Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/opinion/who-covid-vaccines.html
~ NY Times, 5/14/21
Editorial: America Is Failing Its Moral Test on Vaccines
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/opinion/biden-covid-vaccines-world-india.html
~ Vox, 4/29/21
The world could be doing much more to help India: Countries can’t go it alone in tackling Covid-19
https://www.vox.com/world/22403722/india-covid-19-vaccine-variant-cases-coronavirus
~ Washington Post, 3/11/21
The Health 202: The U.S. bought enough coronavirus vaccines for three times its adult population
~ NY Times (continuously updated)
Tracking Coronavirus Vaccinations Around the World
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/world/covid-vaccinations-tracker.html