Vaccines: Booster Episode (ft. Catriona Nguyen-Robertson)

This is a super special BONUS EPISODE all about vaccine science communication! Do you have loved ones or people in your life expressing some hesitancy around the COVID vaccine? Is hitting them with facts just not doing the job? This episode, Kate, Matt, and Cat have a chat about vaccine hesitancy and how to best have those conversations. We discuss WHY some people might be feeling hesitant, and how best to approach a conversation with them. We talk about where some of the mis/disinformation is coming from, and we help give you some tools to bust a couple of the myths. Cat gives us some nifty tips when checking scientific papers for legitimacy, as we talk about the “research” that is out in support of ivermectin as a COVID treatment. And we talk about some of the successful ways that minds have been changed already, and hopefully leave you with a sense of hope because every conversation counts. We hope this bonus booster ep helps you feel more empowered and comfortable engaging in these important conversations around vaccines and their safety/efficacy! If you loved what Cat had to say and want to find more from her, you can follow her on twitter @CatrionaNR, Instagram @nyuroscientist, and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_NtXSj9jH06SHNmsKhyfuQ). And, as always, you can find us @curiosityrat on twitter, instagram, and facebook, and send your listener questions in to curiosityrat@gmail.com We also now have a Patreon! If you love our content and want to support us you can jump on to https://www.patreon.com/curiosityrat and become a patron. There is absolutely ZERO pressure but if you have as little as $1/month you can chuck it our way to help us out and show you appreciate all the time and effort that goes into making this show.