Did you know…<ul><li>Only 57% of Americans now say science has a mostly positive effect on society—down 16 points since before COVID?</li><li>And yet, 83% of people still trust their doctor more than anyone else when it comes to vaccine advice?</li></ul>We’ve all lived through it—the pandemic reshaped our health, our trust, and our divisions, and those dividisions have been on full display recently as hearings have highlighted a growing distrust in the medical and scientific communities. In this episode, we will:<ul><li>Explore why COVID was not just a disease, but a collective trauma—and how trauma often drives blame and denial</li><li>Examine the promise of MAHA (Making America Healthy Again) and the peril of dismantling expertise in the process</li><li>Confront the deep health inequities that make the U.S. lag behind other developed nations in life expectancy and outcomes</li><li>Ask why preventive medicine never fulfilled its promise in our healthcare system</li><li>Review how vaccines remain one of the greatest public health successes—even as skepticism grows</li><li>Unpack why rare side effects feel amplified when billions of doses are given</li><li>Revisit the vaccine rollout as both a modern miracle and a “fog of war” moment with inevitable missteps</li><li>Challenge the myth of “doing your own research” and why interpretation of science matters more than access</li><li>Discuss how shaming during the pandemic hardened divides instead of fostering change</li><li>Look ahead: why questioning science is healthy, but abandoning it could cost us the cures and treatments of the future</li></ul>Produced by: Maeve Winter More <ul> <li>Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/drchriswinter'>@drchriswinter</a> </li> <li>IG: <a href='https://www.instagram.com/drchriswinter/'>@drchriwinter</a> </li> <li>Threads: @drchriswinter</li> <li>Bluesky: @drchriswinter</li> <li> <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Sleep-Solution-Why-Your-Broken/dp/0399583602'>The Sleep Solution</a> and <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Rested-Child-Tired-Irritable-Disorder/dp/0593330080/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1665968940&sr=1-1'>The Rested Child</a> </li> </ul> Thanks for listening and sleep well!

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