A brand new in-person episode of The VPZD Show!
We deep dive into how our tribal divisions influence interpretations of science, ethics, and policy:
Omicron-specific boosters
Data on severe disease prevention and booster rationale
The challenges of case-control data for kids' vaccination
Evidence-based morality, ethical and practical considerations around vaccine mandates
Ethical and practical considerations around cooking pizza at home
Does repeated COVID infection harm you
Law vs. science and second order effects of legal decisions
Tribal division and taking joy in the suffering of the out-group
Stanford med school dean abortion letter controversy
Policing language vs. real policy issues
Outrage culture
The abortion mess
Jonathan Haidt's "Great Untruths"
When Covidians turn on their own
Taking offense vs. assuming good intent and how to organically promote changes in language
When "science" museums behave like buttheads
Loyalty on the left vs. the right
Ayn Rand and young people
Iodinated salt and MORE
Mrs. DoggMD and I hiked up to the top of a crazy temple and cemetery called Otani Sobyo above Kyoto this morning. Pure madness 🔥 and HELLLA G-HOSTS!
Today's interview with legendary vaccine researcher Paul Offit. Video version coming shortly!
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Topics covered:
Clarifying brain death versus severe brain damage, and why a competent examiner matters
Zubin’s first travel speaking engagement in three years, a pain medicine panel in Dallas, and the Rodeo Goat burger
Vinay’s panel at a biotech conference and the longevity target question
Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, and how John Ioannidis spotted the lack of peer reviewed papers
Why you can’t run 100 tests off a single drop of blood
Zubin’s Theranos lipid panel at TEDMED and whether the numbers were real
Finger sticks versus venipuncture, and why lancets hurt
The Nathan Fielder documentary and the 35 days before federal prison
Holmes’s personality, her belief that the machine works, and “Theranos 2.0”
Puppeteer or puppet: Billy Evans, Sunny Balwani, and the men in her life
Amanda Seyfried’s reenactments and the second half of the film
Did she commit fraud, did it harm patients, and was she scapegoated for flying too high
Why Holmes...
