Bench Talk | 232,000 Avoidable COVID Deaths? - Trends in IQ, Suicide, Fertility, etc | Nov. 18, 2024

Did you know that 232,000 Americans may have not died from COVID19 if they had been fully vaccinated? We review Robert F. Kennedy Jr's track record on vaccines. This is important as he is slated to be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Trump administration. Then, we discuss the declines we see nationally in IQ, fertility, and drug overdoses. Conversely, we speak of increases in youth depression and suicide, and how renewable energy and electric cars are playing a bigger role in the US energy portfolio. Breast cancer screening is also changing. ‘Bench Talk: The Week in Science’ is a weekly radio program that airs on WFMP Louisville FORward Radio 106.5 FM (forwardradio.org) every Monday at 7:30 pm, Tuesday at 11:30 am, and Wednesday at 7:30 am. Visit our Facebook page for links to the articles discussed in this episode: https://www.facebook.com/pg/BenchTalkRadio/posts/?ref=page_internal Music is a public-domain recording of the 'Humming Chorus' from Giacomo Puccini's 1904 opera 'Madama Butterfly'.