A friend recently passed along this 1-hour podcast that gives a nice overview of where we are in the pandemic and reasons to be concerned. The first 30 minutes focus on what has happened, the responses and the science, and the 2nd half gets a bit more speculative into the reasons why.
Coincidentally, I had a long phone conversation yesterday with someone close to me who sees pandemic issues through a conventional lens. I found myself hesitating or struggling to explain certain aspects that seem to be in contradiction to experts with academic affiliations, as well and US and international health authorities. Making big claims requires big evidence, and I appreciate finding the articulate voices on this podcast to help tell the story about why some of us are so concerned. Perhaps there is someone you know who might want to listen too?:
Waterbird Medicine 
I ended up listening a second time after sending it to my friend. I was more sensitive to problems I found including that they were overly dismissive of the benefits of vaccines, that they were condescending and labelled their opponents stupid, and that references to Hitler and “the cabal” are polarizing more than they are effective. Still, I appreciate the argument that the politics of this don’t rest firmly on science, and it is ambitious to take on such a big topic at all.
LikeLike