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We talk Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, Bell's Palsy, anaphylaxis, why this vaccine wasn't "rushed," reinfection, and MUCH more. Transcript, video, and links: https://zdoggmd.com/covid-vaccine-12-16 Your support keeps this content independent and awesome, so join the Supporter Tribe to get exclusive videos, live discussions, and other crazy perks: https://zdoggmd.com/supporters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apparently the "Head of Pfizer Research" thinks so. Except he isn't. And it doesn't. Here's the science, and some tips to spot misinformation before it fools you. Links, video, transcript, and more: https://zdoggmd.com/vaccine-sterilization Your support keeps this content independent and awesome, so join the Supporter Tribe: https://zdoggmd.com/supporters Website: https://ZDoggMD.com Podcast: https://ZDoggMD.com/podcasts Facebook: http://facebook.com/zdoggmd Instagram: http://instagram.com/zdoggmd Twitter: http://twitter.com/zdoggmd Merch: http://supportertribe4lyfe.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Absolutism In Medicine Is A Posion (w/Dr. Vinay Prasad) by Dr. Zubin Damania Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FDA vaccine advisory committee member Dr. Paul Offit returns to answer our questions on the new COVID vaccines. This is a must-listen, folks. We talk about the new mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna and their safety and efficacy, how they work, their effect on human DNA, the risk of antibody dependent enhancement, whether Phase 3 trials are enough data to feel comfortable with these vaccines, whether we should immunize those who've previously been infected, the volunteer bias in these trials, how the vaccine might be better at creating immunity than just getting infected with coronavirus, why antibody levels are misleading when it comes to immunity, why treating a fever is BAD, why we shouldn't mandate these vaccines yet for healthcare workers, the use of human fetal tissue stem lines, why immunize at all, what we should do about children, and much more. Transcript, video, links, and more: https://zdoggmd.com/paul-offit-4 Your support keeps this content independent and awesome, so join the Supporter Trib

When we change how we look at the world, the world changes how it looks at us. The secret is compassion, both for ourselves and others. Dr. James Doty is a Stanford neurosurgeon, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and best-selling author of Into The Magic Shop. He is the director and founder of the Center For Compassion And Altruism Research And Education (CCARE). This is an intense and oftentimes emotional interview that I profoundly enjoyed, and I think you will too. The second half gets ESPECIALLY wild. Links, transcript, video, and more: https://zdoggmd.com/jim-doty Your support keeps this content independent and awesome, so join the Supporter Tribe to get exclusive videos, live discussions, and other crazy perks: https://zdoggmd.com/supporters Website: https://ZDoggMD.com Podcast: https://ZDoggMD.com/podcasts Facebook: http://facebook.com/zdoggmd Instagram: http://instagram.com/zdoggmd Twitter: http://twitter.com/zdoggmd Merch: http://supportertribe4lyfe.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho

Public-private partnerships, genomic epidemiology, and a national EMR among other things made little Iceland a big deal in the science of the pandemic. Article link, transcript, video, and more: zdoggmd.com/iceland-covid-science Your support keeps this content independent and awesome, so join the Supporter Tribe to get exclusive videos, live discussions, and other crazy perks: https://zdoggmd.com/supporters Website: https://ZDoggMD.com Podcast: https://ZDoggMD.com/podcasts Facebook: http://facebook.com/zdoggmd Instagram: http://instagram.com/zdoggmd Twitter: http://twitter.com/zdoggmd Merch: http://supportertribe4lyfe.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two docs talk LIVE about the dangers of medical black & white thinking when it comes to COVID-19. Links, video, and more: https://zdoggmd.com/vinay-prasad-4 We talked Danish mask study, Thanksgiving public health absolutism and harm reduction strategies, the latest ways to think about the new COVID vaccines, scientific censorship, political polarization in science, Dr. Scott Atlas, and much more. Vinay Prasad MD MPH is a practicing hematologist-oncologist and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco. He studies cancer drugs, health policy, and clinical trials and better decision making. He is author of these academic articles, and the books Ending Medical Reversal(2015), and Malignant(2020). He hosts the oncology podcast Plenary Session, and runs a YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew. He tweets @VPrasadMDMPH. Your support keeps this content independent and awesome, so join the Supporter Tribe & get exclusive videos, live discussions

Can diet, exercise, sleep, stress reduction, supplements, and breath training help you beat COVID-19 like a boss? Dr. Ronesh Sinha teaches us how to optimize our chances. Links, transcript, video, and more: https://zdoggmd.com/ron-sinha-2 Your support keeps this content independent and awesome, so join the Supporter Tribe to get exclusive videos, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd PayPal (single donation): https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Z-Gear: https://supportertribe4lyfe.com/ (Facebook and YouTube supporters get 25% off) Website: https://ZDoggMD.com Podcast: https://ZDoggMD.com/podcasts Facebook: http://facebook.com/zdoggmd Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gD8_D1 Twitter: http://twitter.com/zdoggmd Instagram: http://instagram.com/zdoggmd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Christiane Northrup went viral with some interesting claims about the mRNA COVID vaccines. Here's what's REALLY going on. Links, transcript, video, and more: https://zdoggmd.com/northrup-vaccine-lies Your support keeps this content independent and awesome, so join the Supporter Tribe to get exclusive videos, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd PayPal (single donation): https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Z-Gear: https://supportertribe4lyfe.com/ (Facebook and YouTube supporters get 25% off) Website: https://ZDoggMD.com Podcast: https://ZDoggMD.com/podcasts Facebook: http://facebook.com/zdoggmd Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gD8_D1 Twitter: http://twitter.com/zdoggmd Instagram: http://instagram.com/zdoggmd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's how we can make sense of (and do something about) the rising cases and hospitalizations. Transcript, links, and full video: https://zdoggmd.com/covid-winter Your support keeps this content independent and awesome, so join the Supporter Tribe to get exclusive videos, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Merch! https://supportertribe4lyfe.com/ (Facebook and YouTube supporters get 25% off) Website: https://ZDoggMD.com Podcast: https://ZDoggMD.com/podcasts Facebook: http://facebook.com/zdoggmd Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gD8_D1 Twitter: http://twitter.com/zdoggmd Instagram: http://instagram.com/zdoggmd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's how to interpret the latest news on Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine. Links, transcript, video and more: https://zdoggmd.com/pfizer-vaccine Your support keeps this content independent and awesome, so join the Supporter Tribe to get exclusive videos, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Merch! https://supportertribe4lyfe.com/ (Facebook and YouTube supporters get 25% off) Website: https://ZDoggMD.com Podcast: https://ZDoggMD.com/podcasts Facebook: http://facebook.com/zdoggmd Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gD8_D1 Twitter: http://twitter.com/zdoggmd Instagram: http://instagram.com/zdoggmd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meatpacking plants, nursing homes, schools…here’s how we can get back to work while lowering coronavirus transmission risk. Dr. Bob Harrison, MD is a clinical professor of medicine at UCSF and an occupational and environmental medicine specialist. He’s a specialist in preventing coronavirus spread in the workplace environment. In this interview we talk about the tiers of protection that can help prevent workplace COVID exposure, the relevance of face masks, ventilation and testing, the importance of contact tracing, and much more. Transcript, video, links and more: zdoggmd.com/robert-harrison Your support keeps this content independent and awesome, so join the Supporter Tribe to get exclusive videos, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Merch! https://supportertribe4lyfe.com/ (Facebook and YouTube supporters get 25% off) W

"Stories are how we make sense of the world." Novelist and Stanford Professor of Medicine Dr. Abraham Verghese reminds us that story matters, now more than ever. Transcript, links, full video, and more: https://zdoggmd.com/abraham-verghese Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cases rising, news orgs banging the drums of doom, yet Americans seem to be throwing up their hands. Here's what's up with #pandemicfatigue, LIVE. Transcript, video and more: https://zdoggmd.com/pandemic-fatigue-explained/ Your support keeps this content independent and awesome, so join the Supporter Tribe to get exclusive videos, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Merch! https://supportertribe4lyfe.com/ (Facebook and YouTube supporters get 25% off) Website: https://ZDoggMD.com Podcast: https://ZDoggMD.com/podcasts Facebook: http://facebook.com/zdoggmd Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gD8_D1 Twitter: http://twitter.com/zdoggmd Instagram: http://instagram.com/zdoggmd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The UCSF professor & Chief of Head & Neck Oncologic Surgery returns to talk about van Halen, thyroid nodules, head & neck cancer screening, COVID, and more. Links to other episodes with Dr. Patrick Ha, transcript, video, CME conference links, and more: https://zdoggmd.com/patrick-ha Your support keeps this content independent and awesome, so join the Supporter Tribe to get exclusive videos, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Merch! https://supportertribe4lyfe.com/ (Facebook and YouTube supporters get 25% off) Website: https://ZDoggMD.com Podcast: https://ZDoggMD.com/podcasts Facebook: http://facebook.com/zdoggmd Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gD8_D1 Twitter: http://twitter.com/zdoggmd Instagram: http://instagram.com/zdoggmd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm a rationalist, skeptic, and a doctor, and meditation is a central part of my life. Here's why. Originally recorded LIVE to Facebook. Links, video, and more: https://zdoggmd.com/why-meditate/ Subscribe and click the notification bell so you never miss our videos! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFyRz1N_T-rnSkbaAH_TFAw?sub_confirmation=1 Your support keeps this content independent and awesome, so join the Supporter Tribe to get exclusive videos, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Merch! https://supportertribe4lyfe.com/ (Facebook and YouTube supporters get 25% off) Website: https://ZDoggMD.com Podcast: https://ZDoggMD.com/podcasts Facebook: http://facebook.com/zdoggmd Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gD8_D1 Twitter: http://twitter.com/zdoggmd Instagram: http://instagram.com/zdoggmd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me

Our pandemic response has generated untold fear and untold harm to our most vulnerable communities. Here's a possible way out. Dr. Monica Gandhi is a UCSF professor of Medicine in the division of HIV, infectious diseases, and global medicine. Her current research involves masks and their effects on COVID disease severity. In this interview we talk about the effects masks and mask mandates may have (distinguishing correlation from causation), masks and herd immunity, how our current climate of fear has punished poor people, the "strata of fear" that your social group resides in, and much more. Transcript and links (including our prior interview): zdoggmd.com/monica-gandhi-2 Subscribe and click the notification bell so you never miss our videos! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFyRz1N_T-rnSkbaAH_TFAw?sub_confirmation=1 Your support keeps this content independent and awesome, so join the Supporter Tribe to get exclusive videos, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/

The President's disease course can teach us a LOT about risk, treatment, and more. Streamed live 10/4/20. Video, links to related shows, and more at https://zdoggmd.com/trump-covid Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Merch! https://supportertribe4lyfe.com/ (Facebook and YouTube supporters get 25% off) Website: https://ZDoggMD.com Podcast: https://ZDoggMD.com/podcasts Facebook: http://facebook.com/zdoggmd Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gD8_D1 Twitter: http://twitter.com/zdoggmd Instagram: http://instagram.com/zdoggmd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

COVID-19 doesn't spread like flu; it "clusters." Could this be a key to stopping it? Video, links to the Atlantic article, transcript, and more: zdoggmd.com/superspreaders Love our show and wanna support us just for a single donation? paypal.me/zdoggmd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why a data-driven, holistic, and nuanced approach to our COVID-19 response is long overdue. Vinay Prasad MD MPH is a practicing hematologist-oncologist and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco. He studies cancer drugs, health policy, and clinical trials and better decision making and hosts the Plenary Session podcast. In this encore podcast we talk about the first presidential debate and the foibles thereof, the goals of healthcare reform and single payer upside vs. downside, why soundbite news and social media culture has failed us, why data and being able to change our minds matters, the dangers of ideological purity and not thinking for ourselves, mask mandates, weighing the life years saved in different covid response scenarios, why it’s imperative that we figure out how to open schools ASAP, social equity and our COVID response, safetyism and safety “creep,” the counterproductive role of the elite Zoomocracy during the pandemic, and much more. Video, transcript,