Dr. Clare Craig

Thanks very much for having me back on.

Thanks very much for having me back on.

So the book Expired is really about the story of 2020. You know, we were told all sorts of things that were not based in fact. And it's kind of, it tells a story about where those sort of myths arose. And it's kind of, I dug into the history of it and it was quite fascinating. I really enjoyed writing it.

So the book Expired is really about the story of 2020. You know, we were told all sorts of things that were not based in fact. And it's kind of, it tells a story about where those sort of myths arose. And it's kind of, I dug into the history of it and it was quite fascinating. I really enjoyed writing it.

Around the myth of the droplet spread, which was so fundamental to all of the beliefs and all of the policies that came out of that. And it's a book that sort of takes it apart scientifically and shows that lockdowns couldn't have worked.

Around the myth of the droplet spread, which was so fundamental to all of the beliefs and all of the policies that came out of that. And it's a book that sort of takes it apart scientifically and shows that lockdowns couldn't have worked.

You know, we're always hearing that they didn't work, but actually they couldn't have worked and they couldn't have worked because the virus is spread through aerosols, which can spread long distance through the air. And that's why the time between any kind of new variant and the spike of a wave is the same time.

You know, we're always hearing that they didn't work, but actually they couldn't have worked and they couldn't have worked because the virus is spread through aerosols, which can spread long distance through the air. And that's why the time between any kind of new variant and the spike of a wave is the same time.

And it's why you had spikes rising in rural areas after lockdown, because these waves are not in human control. They can never be in human control. And it was absolutely insane to pretend they could be. And so, yeah, that's what that book really focuses on. It's really about the virus and about the kind of exaggeration of the deaths around the virus and about how the virus spread.

And it's why you had spikes rising in rural areas after lockdown, because these waves are not in human control. They can never be in human control. And it was absolutely insane to pretend they could be. And so, yeah, that's what that book really focuses on. It's really about the virus and about the kind of exaggeration of the deaths around the virus and about how the virus spread.

That's really, that's exactly the kind of, you know, that's the hypothesis in the book. It's this problem that we have that when science gets politicized, which it really was back 115 years ago when people were arguing about germ theory and miasma theory, people get really entrenched in their views. And when they're entrenched, they lose the nuance.

That's really, that's exactly the kind of, you know, that's the hypothesis in the book. It's this problem that we have that when science gets politicized, which it really was back 115 years ago when people were arguing about germ theory and miasma theory, people get really entrenched in their views. And when they're entrenched, they lose the nuance.

They sort of adopt beliefs that aren't quite evidenced. And you have this thing fighting it out. And of course, the germ theorists won. But when they won, they brought some of these un-evidence myths with them. And we're still living with the repercussions of it today.

They sort of adopt beliefs that aren't quite evidenced. And you have this thing fighting it out. And of course, the germ theorists won. But when they won, they brought some of these un-evidence myths with them. And we're still living with the repercussions of it today.

Right. And one of the other overlaps, of course, with the whole opioid story is the oxycodone and The name is Purdue, isn't it? The company.

Right. And one of the other overlaps, of course, with the whole opioid story is the oxycodone and The name is Purdue, isn't it? The company.

The Sackler company, right. And they had this whole idea about, well, how are we going to sell more of this stuff? We're going to tell people that drug failure is breakthrough pain and you need more of the drug. So when you have failure, you have more of the drug. And of course, that's exactly what was adopted with the COVID vaccines as well. That, you know, the vaccines failed.

The Sackler company, right. And they had this whole idea about, well, how are we going to sell more of this stuff? We're going to tell people that drug failure is breakthrough pain and you need more of the drug. So when you have failure, you have more of the drug. And of course, that's exactly what was adopted with the COVID vaccines as well. That, you know, the vaccines failed.

What do we need with failure? More of the drug because we have breakthrough infections. Isn't it weird?

What do we need with failure? More of the drug because we have breakthrough infections. Isn't it weird?