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Bret Weinstein's Anti Vaccine Contrarianism (Patreon)

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2021-04-23 22:05:40
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2026-06
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Hi everyone,

The video linked is a short (honestly!) discussion between me (Chris) and friend of the pod/real life academic collaborator Rohan Kapitany about Bret Weinstein's recent DarkHorse podcast episode on coronavirus vaccines.

I found this to be a remarkably irresponsible episode by Bret and wanted to get some thoughts down while the content is still clear.

We will probably cover some of this on the next episode focusing on Peterson and Bret's content so consider this a Matt-less preview!

Rohan has a lot of great insights on the topic too so worth a listen for him alone.

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Bret Weinstein & Anti-Vaxx Contrarianism

A discussion with Chris and friend of the pod/real life academic collaborator Rohan Kapitany about Bret Weinstein's recent Darkhorse episode on coronavirus vaccines and why it is so potentially harmful.

Comments

LTO

Glad you got that off your chest. I’ve been following Weinstein and at first thought he was a little interesting, a little fun. The Evergreen thing to me was pretty horrifying and I did think he sounded pretty brave. Then I wondered if he may have been just a jerk and so I checked out rate my prof but the reviews were glowing (I know that’s not hard evidence but it’s something). Now I’m absolutely fascinated by what may be motivating him - does he need money? Is he bored? Is this just a fun thing to do with his wife? Or is he like his brother, who thinks he’s some type of mega-intellectual superhero? I feel like Eric has superimposed his head on Batman’s body. Anyway, love the podcast. Super funny and cynical-lite. Perf.

NB

I love extra content like this, really fun listen! It makes me feel like it's definitely worth it to support y'all!

Nina Davies

Just to reassure you, as a non-scientist I am completely unconvinced by anything Bret says. I suspect it is only people with some scientific knowledge that may be vulnerable to the arguement. I immediately ask the question 'what vaccine has ever caused an illness to mutate?' and be abuse I have no knowledge of any or an understanding of the differences between the smallpox virus and the corona virus, I naturally conclude that they are talking bilge.

MaxPlan

I have been listening to these IDW guys since Dave Rubin started his show. I've been frustrated because it seems most of the big skeptics ignore this. It was great to hear the skeptics guide mentioned and that Steven Novella has hear about this. I would love it if you guys were guests on the SGU. Keep up the good work, at least I'm not alone in this hobby of listening to gurus

Bertrand Sperling

As much anti-Weinstein content as possible please =)