Dr. Clare Craig

Well, no, I was just going to comment on that as well. And I think you're right. And I think one of the things that I've observed over the last few years is this sort of invention of vocabulary that gets used a lot by people in power. So there was the invention of some vocabulary like the term pre-bunking. So pre-bunking is this idea that you can immunize a thought that

Well, no, I was just going to comment on that as well. And I think you're right. And I think one of the things that I've observed over the last few years is this sort of invention of vocabulary that gets used a lot by people in power. So there was the invention of some vocabulary like the term pre-bunking. So pre-bunking is this idea that you can immunize a thought that

So you can give you can take it something that you're worried that people are going to start getting concerned about. And that's, you know, that's going to cause you harm as a powerful person. And you start sharing that. But you muddy the well, you know, you add to it something that's untrue. You can disprove the untrue bit. And then the truth gets discarded along with that.

So you can give you can take it something that you're worried that people are going to start getting concerned about. And that's, you know, that's going to cause you harm as a powerful person. And you start sharing that. But you muddy the well, you know, you add to it something that's untrue. You can disprove the untrue bit. And then the truth gets discarded along with that.

And then when people meet again, the truth, they think, oh, no, no, I've already looked into that. It's not true. So they gave this a term, right? And what we don't have, what we haven't done is give things terms for the sort of opposite effect and the problems that have been caused. And I think you're right. If we have the right vocabulary, it would really help.

And then when people meet again, the truth, they think, oh, no, no, I've already looked into that. It's not true. So they gave this a term, right? And what we don't have, what we haven't done is give things terms for the sort of opposite effect and the problems that have been caused. And I think you're right. If we have the right vocabulary, it would really help.

And one of the examples of having the right vocabulary is, is the word infection, right? The word infection gets used as if we all have the same understanding what that means. And actually it's used in lots, to mean lots of different things. So some people will say that you have a COVID infection because you've breathed contaminated air and that's enough to get a positive test.

And one of the examples of having the right vocabulary is, is the word infection, right? The word infection gets used as if we all have the same understanding what that means. And actually it's used in lots, to mean lots of different things. So some people will say that you have a COVID infection because you've breathed contaminated air and that's enough to get a positive test.

And so they'll say you've got an asymptomatic infection because you're not symptomatic.

And so they'll say you've got an asymptomatic infection because you're not symptomatic.

well is that really what we mean by an infection isn't that just breathing air and we all do that all the time and then you know people if people could have the virus enter a cell and their immune system deals with it so they're still asymptomatic and why are we calling that an infection you can't become infectious to anyone else in that scenario when surely the word infection should be reserved for somebody who could infect somebody else because that's what the word infection is a reaction you get from the public if you've got an infection is oh i might get something from you

well is that really what we mean by an infection isn't that just breathing air and we all do that all the time and then you know people if people could have the virus enter a cell and their immune system deals with it so they're still asymptomatic and why are we calling that an infection you can't become infectious to anyone else in that scenario when surely the word infection should be reserved for somebody who could infect somebody else because that's what the word infection is a reaction you get from the public if you've got an infection is oh i might get something from you

So we shouldn't be using that word to describe things that are not infectious.

So we shouldn't be using that word to describe things that are not infectious.

Yeah, and I can't help thinking that a little part of that is that the baby boomers have got to the stage where they're worried about their own mortality. You know, every stage of their life, the world turned itself upside down for their benefit. You know, they were teenagers and they had the sex revolution and they, you know, at every stage.

Yeah, and I can't help thinking that a little part of that is that the baby boomers have got to the stage where they're worried about their own mortality. You know, every stage of their life, the world turned itself upside down for their benefit. You know, they were teenagers and they had the sex revolution and they, you know, at every stage.

And here they are approaching mortality and the society is being turned upside down while they're doing it.

And here they are approaching mortality and the society is being turned upside down while they're doing it.

Right. So, well, you mean the COVID vaccines? Are we talking bigger than that?

Right. So, well, you mean the COVID vaccines? Are we talking bigger than that?