Episode 1361 • • 21:20 - 29:45
1361: Variant Factories
Delta Variant Mask Mandates and Variant Factory Rhetoric
The World Health Organization and the CDC have issued conflicting guidance regarding mask-wearing for vaccinated individuals in response to the Delta variant. Dr. William Schaffner of Vanderbilt University recently labeled unvaccinated individuals as "potential variant factories," a term criticized for inciting social division. Meanwhile, a court in Lisbon, Portugal, reportedly ruled that only a small fraction of reported COVID deaths were directly attributable to the virus, contradicting official government figures.