306 - How to Talk to a Covid Denialist

Daniel Goldberg is a medical historian, a public health ethicist, a lawyer and has practiced BJJ for 8 years. It was great to have him on the podcast to talk about the course of the Covid-19 pandemic and when we might be able to get back to normal.

00:50 - Introduction to Daniel Goldberg

06:09 - On the difficulty of persuading the unpersuadable

08:02 - How the current pandemic has many historical precedents

12:20 - Vaccine distribution in the USA

19:30 - What happens when everyone make individual choices during a pandemic

22:30 - Why have black, indigenous and latino communities have been rampaged with the virus?

27:45 - Covid-19 vs the Spanish flu

36:15 - Conspiracy theories about Covid-19 and where does distrust of experts come from

44:40 - How to talk to a covid denialist

1:00:20 - Politicians jumping to the front of the vaccination line

1:05:20 - Long term effects of Covid-19

1:12:30 - The BJJ community and Covid-19

1:17:10 - Would paying people to stay home really have worked?

1:25:00 - When might we all return to jiu-jitsu?

306 - How to Talk to a Covid Denialist

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