The VPZD Show

119:20

Canceled Public Health Doc, AAP Fails, Dr. Oz

The VPZD Show ·

2022/08/28

The saga of Dr. Leana Wen, omicron-specific boosters for the fall, low uptake for vaccinating kids <5 years old, is the American Academy of Pediatrics a broken and failed organization (read Vinay's article on Sensible Medicine here), Novak Djokovic and US vaccine mandates, inauthenticity and Dr. Oz, student loan forgiveness, the Thailand kids vaccine study and much more! Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app. Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine"

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86:14

Trust Issues, Sensible Medicine, Ideologic Possession

The VPZD Show ·

2022/07/22

How can you determine who is trustworthy when it comes to medical information? Our new project "Sensible Medicine," untangling the complexities of health care reform, angry doctor Covidian tweets with magical thinking and religiosity, the dangers of over-testing and over-treatment with regards to routine blood work, Haidt’s 3 Great Untruths and cognitive distortions, pandemic response effect on true progressives, the consequences of ideological possession, how Vinay reviews the trustworthiness of

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117:32

Omicron Booster Science, Policy Ethics, Tribalism

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2022/07/07

We deep dive into how our tribal divisions influence interpretations of science, ethics, and policy (topic list below). Here's the Offit interview I mentioned. Topic List 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

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94:44

The Death Throes Of Covidian Culture (& Some Cancer...

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2022/06/12

Stanford medical school commencement ceremony, boosters for 5-11 year olds, Cat COVID, the end of pre-departure screening, VP's Oncology video drama, Twitter addiction and "second selfing," is continual feedback a good thing, San Francisco DA gets recalled, new immunotherapy for colorectal cancer, the importance of palliative care in oncology, and much more! Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app. Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here. Dr. Prasad's

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94:41

Guns, Vaccines, & Monkeys

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2022/06/03

We dive into the riddle of gun violence in America, violence against healthcare professionals, public health officials and closing schools, will we need an annual COVID shot and how would we study that, the emergence of monkeypox, and the Depp/Heard trial. Video: https://youtu.be/9i8cD4j4sQE Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/vpzd Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here: sensiblemed.substack.com/ Dr. Prasad's "Plenary

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99:32

Less Is More Medicine (w/Dr. Rita Redberg)

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2022/05/19

We talk with Dr. Rita Redberg (professor of medicine & cardiologist at UCSF) about how very often less is more when it comes to medical care. We cover cancer screening (PSA, mammograms, blood testing, colonoscopy, CT screening for lung cancer), the utility or lack thereof of genetic testing, medical devices, statins, hypertension guidelines and treatment, and much more. And here's my prior interview with Dr. Redberg. Video: zdoggmd.com/less-is-more Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite

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123:18

Supreme Court Abortion Decision & Crazy COVID Stuff

The VPZD Show ·

2022/05/07

CDC data collection, hepatitis in kids, Johnson & Johnson vaccine limited use, more on physician "influencers," the Roe V. Wade Supreme Court leaked draft decision, surprise medical billing, a nutty Twitter COVID story, seroprevalence of COVID in children, the White House Correspondents Dinner, annual COVID shots, Omicron's mortality, the "Pfizer documents" and more! Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app. Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here. Dr

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99:17

Moderna For Kids, Physician-Influencers, Stanford...

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2022/04/29

Elon Musk buys Twitter and what that may mean, group mind and the threat of nuclear holocaust, the conundrum of "physician influencers" on social media, Moderna's push to get EUA for it's vaccine in kids younger than 5, the Stanford nurses go on strike, challenges in academic medicine, should people in healthcare forge their OWN path, and much more! The Dr. Risa Hoshino substack piece: https://sarahburwick.substack.com/p/who-is-risa-hoshino. Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast

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86:37

China Lockdowns, Teen Mental Health, Audience Capture

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2022/04/15

We dive DEEP into all the things in this rare in-person video episode of The VPZD Show. And VP's lookin' pretty fly for a brown guy in that black jacket 🔥 We talk Elon Musk & Twitter, Bill Maher & medical humility, CNN's Dr. Leana Wen and her recent 360, China lockdowns, declines in teen mental health, kids cloth masking, booster science, Dr. Ashish Jha, the nature of audience capture, the value of authenticity, imposter syndrome, and much more. As promised, here's our first in-person

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97:11

Ivermectin, NYC Toddler Masks, Dumb Policies

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2022/04/08

In this episode: Ivermectin, the latest Twitter absurdities, vacation without COVID, Will Smith, why medical conferences SUCK, NYC's toddler mask policy, why so many academics leave for pharma, that 4th dose, and more! Full transcript: https://zdoggmd.com/podcasting/vpzd-15/ Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app. Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here. Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast. Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast. More on

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78:19

Worship Lord Zero COVID, 4th Booster, Dumb Policies

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2022/03/23

We're back! In this episode we talk: dumb COVID policies, mask shaming on both sides, Kyrie Irving vaccine controversy, worshipping Lord Zero COVID (Hong Kong and elsewhere), press coverage biases, a FOURTH booster shot, ethical considerations around pharma not providing meds to Russia, dumber college COVID policies, the deal with early treatments, Ash Jha and John Ioannidis, and the James Webb telescope and STEM inspiration. Full transcript: https://zdoggmd.com/podcasting/vpzd-14/ Subscribe to

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92:20

Kids' Museum COVID Policy, 5-11 y.o. Vax Efficacy,...

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2022/03/01

In this episode we discuss: -Dr. Z's Twitter "bullying" of the California Academy of Sciences kids' museum over their restrictive booster/testing entrance policy (and why Z deleted Twitter at last). Read about it in MedPage Today. -New data on the efficacy (or lack thereof) of Pfizer's vaccine in the 5-11 year old population and what this means for policy. -Why public health may need controls placed on it in the future to avoid restrictive policies that lack evidence (see also: Vinay's Substack

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94:49

Tribalism, Deplatforming, FDA Kids' Vaccine Reversal

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2022/02/17

In this episode: The badges of tribal identity for COVID thesis/antithesis tribes, "deplatforming" scientists and the conditioning of young people, liberals and conservatives trading places, aiming for post-cynical discourse, the perils of comparing nations' COVID outcomes, and the FDA's crazy <5 y.o. kids' vaccine EUA mess. Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app. Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here. Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast. Dr

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81:57

Booster Coercion, Vax 4 Toddlers, Canceling Rogan

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2022/02/04

The docs talk about Vinay getting a booster or losing his job, why we continue to mask children, Pfizer's vaccine dance with the FDA around children younger than 5, the wisdom of trying to cancel Joe Rogan, Spotify's "trusted" COVID disclaimer, and the urgency of getting kids back to a normal. Here's the Urgency Of Normal site that Vinay referenced in the show. Full transcript: https://zdoggmd.com/podcasting/vpzd-11/ Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app. Check out our new

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83:58

Dr. Robert Malone's Joe Rogan Interview, Decoded

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2022/01/20

Vinay and Z dive deep on the latest censored antithesis hero while trying to make sense of sense-making in general. Here's Vinay's piece on this in Unherd. And here's the Rebel Wisdom episode on sense-making that I referenced. Full transcript: https://zdoggmd.com/podcasting/vpzd-10/ Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app. Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here. Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast. Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast. More on

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71:11

Offit & Kids' Boosters, Schizo CDC, Omicron Dominoes...

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2022/01/13

We dive into Dr. Paul Offit's Atlantic piece on boosting teens, the nature of the CDC's apparent schizophrenia, the long term effects on the "pandemic generation," and how Omicron is causing all our prior policy dominoes to fall. Also: FUNNY TWEETS 🤓 Here's Dr. Paul Offit's Atlantic article we mentioned. Full transcript: https://zdoggmd.com/podcasting/vpzd-9/ Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app. Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here. Dr

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49:31

Omicron Mitigation, Djokovic, Dumb COVID Tweets

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2022/01/06

In this Omi-sode: 1) Can omicron be mitigated AT ALL? The Bay Area experience currently. 2) Novak Djokovic and the COVID vaccine 3) Covidiots vs. Covidians, where is the Alt-Middle? Rogan's role. 4) The dumbest tweets of 2021 5) Who was most right about COVID policy? Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app. Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here. Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast. Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast. More on Vinay. More on

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75:51

Your Date With Omicron, "Fringe" Scientists,...

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2021/12/27

Many questions addressed on this last episode of 2021! Should people who talk about COVID policy actually see COVID patients, and are doctors biased by their daily practice experience? How should holiday meals "safely" occur, and how can we understand risk and risk reduction? Are Vinay and Zubin wrong about the response around college students and COVID? Did Francis Collins try to discredit "fringe epidemiologist" Jay Bhattacharya and his colleagues instead of promoting dialog? Why is Dr. Z so

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85:44

Rogan/McCullough, Boosters & Omicron, Myocarditis...

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2021/12/15

This week we dive into Dr. Z's personal booster decision, do vaccines reduce transmission in setting of variants like Omicron, Joe Rogan’s interview with Dr. Peter McCullough , the hypocrisy of physicians who demand masks and distancing and then do the opposite themselves, medical students speaking out against distance learning, new myocarditis trial data with implications for Moderna and spacing vaccines in general, meditation stuff, the problem with virtue signaling, the number needed to boot with

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89:26

Stifling Physician Voices, Politicized Journalism,...

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2021/12/10

In this episode we dive into some emails Dr. Z received about hospital COVID policies and medical education (and how our leaders are screwing up), the problem with mandates in healthcare, and strongly negative feedback for us from a critical care nurse on the front lines about our vaccine messaging. In the news, we react to NPR’s piece saying Trump voters more likely to die of COVID, what is the nature of “misinformation” on both sides of the political spectrum, the challenges of quantitative

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