Education
In this episode, Josh and Ian speak about the latest state mask mandates and the perception of tyranny by citizens. They talk about people's initial protests to mask mandates, the rise of the COVID Delta variant and how variants arise, the state of Oregon's latest pandemic restrictions, the psychology of wearing masks and similar legal preventative health measures, the difference between rights and privileges, individual liberties and the cognitive dissonance when private businesses act on those liberties , civil disobedience and adhering to the behavior of unvaccinated people, responsibility to the republic and the harm principle, other countries lock-downs, restrictions beyond the pandemic on our freedoms, literacy in science and media, civic duty and responsibility, using statistics to fit a particular narrative, data from the CDC, the prospects of super-bugs and antibiotic resistance, existential risk stemming from climate change, the lack of wisdom or intelligence in dealing with problems of scale, and various other points.Follow them on Twitter at:Josh @Simpsonj423Ian @modernovermanand the podcast @NBSPodcast1Website: https://www.necessarybspod.com/Links:New Oregon Mask MandateDelta VariantCOVID-19 Weekly Cases and Deaths per 100,000 Population by Age, Race/Ethnicity, and SexVaccination Demographic TrendsRecorded 12 August 2021Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/nbsproductions)