What We Got Wrong During the Pandemic with Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee

What We Got Wrong During the Pandemic with Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee

Author: Time To Say Goodbye March 12, 2025 Duration: 1:16:47

Hello!

Today we talk with the authors of “In Covid’s Wake: How our Politics Failed Us” by Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee. We talk about what we got wrong during the pandemic, how to battle groupthink, especially when it comes to science, and why so many people were willing to accept one version of public health without proper debate or questioning. This was an informative and thought-provoking episode, one that made us rethink a lot of what we knew about what was happening in the early months of 2020.

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