Rethinking COVID, With Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Dr. Gigi Foster, & John Anderson
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Professor of Medicine at Stanford University, Dr Jay Bhattacharya, unpacks COVID-19 censorship and the Great Barrington Declaration. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is Professor of Medicine and Professor (by Courtesy) of Economics at Stanford University, and one of the world’s leading experts on public health policy. Dr. Bhattacharya’s research focuses on the economics of health care around the world with a particular emphasis on the health and well-being of vulnerable populations. He has published 135 articles in top peer-reviewed scientific journals in medicine, economics, health policy, epidemiology, statistics, law, and public health among other fields. He holds an MD and PhD in economics, both earned at Stanford University. Dr. Bhattacharya previously appeared on John’s podcast in August 2020, during the early days of the pandemic. Dr. Gigi Foster is a Professor and Director of Education within the School of Economics at the UNSW Business School. She holds a BA in Ethics, Politics and Economics from Yale University, and a PhD in Economics from the University of Maryland. She works in diverse fields including education, social influence, corruption, lab experiments, time use, behavioural economics and Australian policy. She has held several ARC Discovery Grants and authored more than 25 scholarly works, including the book (joint with Paul Frijters) ‘An Economic Theory of Greed, Love, Groups, and Networks’, published in 2013 by Cambridge University Press. Gigi is active in the Australian media, particularly in regard to matters of education policy and economic thought.
Conversations feature John Anderson, former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, interviewing the world’s foremost thought leaders about today’s pressing social, cultural and political issues. John believes proper, robust dialogue is necessary if we are to maintain our social strength and cohesion. As he puts it; “You cannot get good public policy out of a bad public debate.” in the video published on Jan. 2, 2023, by John Anderson, as “COVID 19 Censorship | Dr. Jay Bhattacharya & Dr. Gigi Foster“, below:
In this Direct interview below, John is joined by Professors Jay Bhattacharya and Gigi Foster for a scintillating reconsideration of global responses to the Covid pandemic. Among their topics of discussion include the influence of public health bureaucracies in democratic nations, the impacts and necessity of lockdowns, essential tools for modelling public health economics and the efficacy and safety of Covid-19 vaccines. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is Professor of Medicine and Professor (by Courtesy) of Economics at Stanford University, and one of the world’s leading experts on public health policy. Dr. Bhattacharya’s research focuses on the economics of health care around the world with a particular emphasis on the health and well-being of vulnerable populations. He has published 135 articles in top peer-reviewed scientific journals in medicine, economics, health policy, epidemiology, statistics, law, and public health among other fields. He holds an MD and PhD in economics, both earned at Stanford University. Dr. Bhattacharya previously appeared on John’s podcast in August 2020, during the early days of the pandemic. Dr. Gigi Foster is a Professor and Director of Education within the School of Economics at the UNSW Business School. She holds a BA in Ethics, Politics and Economics from Yale University, and a PhD in Economics from the University of Maryland. She works in diverse fields including education, social influence, corruption, lab experiments, time use, behavioural economics and Australian policy. She has held several ARC Discovery Grants and authored more than 25 scholarly works, including the book (joint with Paul Frijters) ‘An Economic Theory of Greed, Love, Groups, and Networks’, published in 2013 by Cambridge University Press. Gigi is active in the Australian media, particularly in regard to matters of education policy and economic thought.
00:00 Intro
00:52 Introducing Jay Bhattacharya & Gigi Foster
03:08 When did you realise government responses to Covid were excessive?
05:00 The situation in Australia
06:39 ‘Flattening the curve’ – in hindsight
10:00 Mortality rates, masks & lockdowns
17:40 Public health experts & democracy
28:14 Science under the microscope
33:45 Lockdowns 10 years from now
37:41 Power, public servants & decision-making
42:27 Modelling public health economics
50:51 Vaccines – a sober evaluation of efficacy & safety
1:04:52 Practical lessons from the last 3 years
1:08:38 Jay’s vision for the future of science
1:10:24 Conclusions
Conversations feature John Anderson, former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, interviewing the world’s foremost thought leaders about today’s pressing social, cultural and political issues, in the video published on Oct. 14, 2022, by John Anderson, as “Rethinking Covid | Jay Bhattacharya & Gigi Foster“, below:
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