I devote most of a chapter to this story and use it relentlesly to denigrate the ‘status quo’ (aka ‘the science is settled’).
Great story, but few can wrap their head around it and its ramifications.
Even fewer know the outcome almost 20 years later.
Worse, I literally met a 20-something kid when I was doing my insurance insanity segue. He said he’d just come from the hospital. He looked ashen and was doubled over in pain. He told me his symptoms: Absent something more serious, it had all the hallmarks of a bad ulcer. Know what the ER gave him?
Prilosec. smh
And yet, I've read an equally stunning number of times, a concluding statement like "...despite declining protection against the virus, we STILL recommend getting vaccinated. And if you've been vaccinated, get boosted."
It's the same principle...old habits die hard, despite real (versus political) science. The purveyors of Prilosec, etc refuse to acknowledge reality. Ironically. THEY are the ones claiming that vaxx skeptics are the mouth-breathing knuckle-draggers.