68: The Omicron Variant, Lockdowns, & Mandates

Rethinking Politics

English - December 10, 2021 04:07 - 1 hour - 108 MB
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2021 is almost over, but with the spread of Omicron it appears like we have at least a few more months of Covid dominated news cycles ahead of us. The good news is that the new variant appears less deadly. The bad news is that reasonable risk assessments don’t drive news. Fear of the variant is already being channeled into support for vaccine mandates. In this episode, we discuss what this variant actually means as well as several of the illogical and inconsistent Covid narratives.

Music, Beauty Flow by Kevin Macleod
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