Our COVID science should be much better than it is. Here’s a breakdown on spacing doses, natural immunity, gain of function research, therapeutics, healthcare worker burnout & much more.

Dr. Marty Makary is a Johns Hopkins physician and editor-in-chief of MedPage Today. Here are all our past shows!
 
Topic List:
0:00 Intro
2:35 NIH spending & COVID research
7:53 Herd Immunity, was Marty wrong, clickbait headlines
11:02 Menstrual changes and vaccines
13:08 Boosters and booster mandates
16:45 Rabies Diffr’ent Strokes rant
18:54 VAERS surveillance
21:44 Tinnitus
23:32 Spacing second vaccine dose, Johnson & Johnson booster
29:34 Natural immunity and a failure of messaging
32:40 Silencing debate and heterodox voices
36:49 Bullying and shaming in healthcare and nursing shortages
44:29 Treatments for COVID at home
49:15 Understanding risk
51:43 NIH gain of function virus research
54:26 Moderna, BARDA, and profit motives in vaccines
57:36 Marty’s thoughts on cloth masks and kids
1:06:04 Nikki Minaj & Marty
1:11:36 9-11 commission for COVID
 

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