Secondary Symptoms #1: Tin Foil Hats Stop Covid

Summary: <br> We never planned for this. Cited was going to just make documentaries for you this season, but then the whole world changed. So, we had to change too. For at least the next two months, we'll be releasing a weekly news-magazine style show about the Covid-19 pandemic. We're calling it Secondary Symptoms. <br> <br> <br> <br> In medicine, secondary symptoms (sometimes called 'secondary complications') are symptoms that might arise from the disease, but are not directly of the disease. We'll be talking about the secondary symptoms of Covid-19. Not so much the disease itself, and what it does to one's respiratory tract; rather, what other things Covid-19 is doing to all of us--what it is doing to our politics, our economy, and our social fabric. <br> <br> <br> <br> On this episode, we continue the theme of Cited's first documentary, "the Science Wars." The secondary symptoms of today's episode are misinformation, distrust, and conspiratorial thinking. Guests include: <a href="https://twitter.com/Horganism?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">John Horgan</a>, writer at Scientific American and author of the book <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/End-Science-John-Horgan/dp/0553061747">the End of Science.</a> <br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://twitter.com/jamesrbuk?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">James Ball</a>, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and global editor of The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. <br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ariel_Lefkowitz">Dr. Ariel Lefkowitz</a>, doctor at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. <br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://twitter.com/stworg?lang=en">Professor Stephan Lewandowski</a>, a cognitive psychologist who specializes in misinformation, distrust, and conspiratorial thinking. <br> <br> <br> <br> This episode was hosted by <a href="https://twitter.com/gordonkatic?lang=en">Gordon Katic</a> and produced by <a href="https://twitter.com/JayCockburn?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Jay Cockburn</a>, with original score from <a href="https://mikebarber.bandcamp.com">Mike Barber</a>. Follow Cited on <a href="https://twitter.com/citedpodcast">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/citedpodcast/">Facebook</a>, and <a href="https://www.citedpodcast.com">citedpodcast.com</a>. Plus, send us your feedback to <a href="mailto:info@citedmedia.ca">info@citedmedia.ca</a>--we might just read it on the show.<br>