Incident Report

Sense-making on vaccines and young kids, recognizing groupthink, removing ideology and personal attack from scientific discourse, and much more. Watch all our other shows with Dr. Vinay Prasad here. Transcript, video and more: https://zdoggmd.com/vinay-broken-brain/ Topics & Timecodes: 0:00 Intro 0:15 We turn science debate into good vs. evil, why? 6:27 Understanding FDA decision on kids vaccines 5-11, myocarditis etc. 12:49 The “Retrospectoscope” and our takes on COVID over the months 16:17 The origins of COVID politicization and Tribalism 25:41 Should we not treat unvaxxed people or shame unmasked children? 28:13 Having compassion for those who misbehave or attack 31:21 The fragility of wishing contrary opinions would disappear 36:38 Recognizing our cognitive biases when engaging in sense-making 40:21 My experience working in genetics with Drosophila fruit flies 43:06 How COVID broke our brains and sense-making ability: masks 47:05 Social media attacks, virtue signaling, performative vulnerability, dealing