The VPZD Show Ep. 47 | Election Blue-nami, Daylight Savings, Leer Jet Crash

Topics Covered:

0:00 Welcome and today’s lineup

0:46 The blue tsunami and the swinging political pendulum

3:06 Obamacare, tariffs, the Iran war and Hegseth

6:15 RFK Jr., populism and doctors running for office

12:03 Healthcare’s broken paradigm and the AI shift

19:30 Medicare for all and what actually works

24:46 Vaccines, dementia, ice cream and Tylenol: the confounding problem

29:39 Rebranding the parties and the cost of living squeeze

31:08 Why the FDA can’t consider cost (plus Aladdin and Bryan Johnson)

36:31 Med school culture and the EMR meaningful use mess

38:06 Is Trump a Democratic sleeper agent?

40:18 The Learjet crash

48:38 What aviation safety can teach healthcare

54:12 Iran, incomplete information and the GRAIL data

57:20 Trump wants to end the clock change

58:17 The Titanic submersible and the fear of death

1:03:13 Standard time, school start times and being fun employed

1:09:48 Don’t second guess a clinical trial (and betting markets on trials)

1:13:43 The ER baby declared dead and pool dangers

1:16:18 Quasi-experimental trials and the Hep B study in Guinea-Bissau

1:22:59 Richard Pan, vaccine absolutism and pharma money

1:26:33 All-cause mortality and number needed to treat

1:29:04 Flu shot mandates and how flu vaccines are tested

1:35:39 Med school research arms race and life with too many phones

1:38:33 Book recommendations: Ferrante, Stephen King and Murakami

1:40:28 Kundalini, awakening and meditation retreats

1:42:13 Cold showers and the number needed to shower

1:45:08 Perimenopause, more Murakami and signing off

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