Volcanoes. Trees. Drunk butterflies. Mars missions. Slug sex. Death. Beauty standards. Anxiety busters. Beer science. Bee drama. Take away a pocket full of science knowledge and charming, bizarre stories about what fuels these professional -ologists' obsessions. Humorist and science correspondent Alie Ward asks smart people stupid questions and the answers might change your life.
Booster Coronasode: Shots & Holidays with Vaccine Infodemiologist Jessica Malaty Rivera
You’re six to ten times LESS likely to catch COVID-19 if you’re vaccinated, and thus less likely to infect others. Great! But what about breakthrough cases? Who’s at risk for them? How many folks haven’t gotten vaccinated? Should pregnant people get the ol’ jab, what might happen with transmission rates in 2022, yearly booster questions, the ethics of vaccine distribution, myocarditis, Long COVID, quarantine fatigue and essentially whether the holidays are a good idea.
Follow Jessica at instagram.com/jessicamalatyrivera and Twitter.com/jessicaMalatyRivera
More info on Jessica Malaty Rivera: https://linktr.ee/jessicamalatyrivera
Sponsor links: www.alieward.com/ologies-sponsors
A donation went to Doctors About Borders
More links and info at alieward.com/ologies/booster
Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: www.Patreon.com/ologies
OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, pins, totes!
Follow twitter.com/ologies or instagram.com/ologies
Follow twitter.com/AlieWard or instagram.com/AlieWard
Transcripts by Emily White of www.thewordary.com/
Website by KellyRDwyer.com