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55: Covid & The Ethics of Infectious Diseases
Rethinking Politics
English - August 26, 2021 21:07 - 1 hour - 104 MBGovernment News Politics Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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As the FDA approves the Pfizer vaccine, people are reconsidering Vaccine Mandates. Even though such mandates are unlikely in the United States, it's a good time to revisit a major question that we have only touched on: What are our social obligations to protect others from infectious disease?
Music: Beauty Flow by Kevin Macleod
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