I talk with Dr. Marty Makary LIVE about many things, including natural immunity, spacing vaccines, gain of function research, and multiple audience questions about managing coronavirus risk, mandates, and more.

Video and links: zdoggmd.com/marty-makary-7

Live COVID Update w/Dr. Z & Dr. Marty Makary 9/26/21

In this inaugural episode of our new collaborative show, Dr. Vinay Prasad (UCSF hematologist/oncologist) and Dr. Zubin Damania (AKA the hospitalist known as ZDoggMD) team up for a medical show designed to bring you up to speed on the weeks events with a nuanced, Alt-Middle perspective.

Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast: vinayakkprasad.com/plenarysession
Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast: zdoggmd.com/z-blogg

More info for Vinay and Zubin at https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd and vinayakkprasad.com/bio

Ep. 1: Medication, Mandates, Middle Ground

Dr. Marty Makary joins the fray for a science & reason SMACKDOWN 🔥 How many Omicrons does this register on the media fear-o-meter? Weigh in 😂👇

Video version, links, transcript, and more: https://zdoggmd.com/vpzd-4

Topics and time codes:

0:00 Intro

2:17 Boosters for All?

8:47 Young people + Covid, flawed CDC studies?

12:45 Natural immunity, Myocarditis, population risk vs. benefit

21:15 The narrative of simplicity and one-size-fits-all in public health

27:12 How we’re treating college students re: COVID quarantine, boosting, testing

30:45 Omicron, animal source?

34:08 Journalistic responsibility, and natural immunity revisited, what healthcare CEOS should do

43:28 Dr. Oz and the state of politics due to COVID disruptions in economy and freedoms

47:40 Socioeconomic status effects under COVID policies

53:59 Why so slow to learn more about vaccine resistance and omicron? The role of media

57:31 Therapeutics like fluvoxamine (Luvox) vs. molnupiravir

1:04:50 Zero COVID is a delusion, so focus protection where it matters

1:05:27 Fluvoxamine and the hydroxychloroquine/ivermectin debacle

1:08:23 Fauci’s foibles

1:12:12 Gain of function research

1:21:56 Listening to doctors

1:26:45 Pandemic of lunacy, gain of fear, and Fear-naught values

1:32:57 Cloth masks, and masking as distraction from real risks

1:34:58 Chemotherapy shortages

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Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast: vinayakkprasad.com/plenarysession
Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast: zdoggmd.com/z-blogg

More info for Vinay and Zubin at https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd and vinayakkprasad.com/bio

Ep. 4: Omicron Panic, Natural Immunity, Fluvoxamine, Boosters, Fauci (w/ Dr. Marty Makary)

Boosters for the young and healthy? Is Pharma dictating public health policy? What's up with VAERS? Did Robert Malone invent the mRNA technology? AND MORE.

Transcript, video, and links to more with the amazing Dr. Paul Offit: https://zdoggmd.com/paul-offit-8

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Topics covered: 
00:00 Intro
01:07 Boosters, the CDC, vaccine advisory committee & 3rd dose drama
05:25 Offit's son, The Atlantic article​, booster coverage & mandates
08:34 4th dose, vaccine politicization, childhood vaccines & the anti-vax movement
16:40 mRNA spacing considerations, tribal loyalty
20:25 Pregnancy & COVID-19 vaccines
23:07 Vaccine safety reporting, VAERS pros & cons, PRISM, Vaccine Safety Datalink
26:58 Drug safety, Pharma dictating public health, vaccine effectiveness
30:40 Walenski and CDC, bureaucratic transparency & swine flu lessons learned
36:34 Yearly COVID-19 vax, Omicron parties, chicken pox tragedies & the role of natural immunity
41:53 COVID-19 testing, policy (who it helps, who it hurts)
44:00 What Robert Malone did (and didn't do) with mRNA technology, what it takes to build a vaccine
51:10 Spike protein misinformation & real-life correlation with mass vaccination
56:25 Myocarditis in adults vs. kids, polio in children
103:00 The Army's "super vaccine", discussion of gain of function research
106:13 Final thoughts

Vaccine Nonsense, Debunked (w/Dr. Paul Offit)

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.

Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast: vinayakkprasad.com/plenarysession
Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast: zdoggmd.com/z-blogg

More info for Vinay and Zubin at https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd and vinayakkprasad.com/bio

Ep. 14: Worship Lord Zero COVID, 4th Booster, Dumb Policies

Just getting infants and toddlers fed seems harder than ever given formula shortages and lack of support for moms. Lactation consultant and educator Mirine Richey, MPH, IBCLC helps us unwind all the knots.

Learn more about her work at Florida State here: https://cpeip.fsu.edu/
Video at: zdoggmd.com/formula-crisis

Topics & Timecodes:
0:00 Intro, the role of the lactation consultant
05:25 Infant nutrition, diversity among lactation specialists, physical breastfeeding vs. feeding breastmilk
08:17 Social determinants, challenges for low socioeconomic and the highly educated, maternal advantages & benefits of breastfeeding
14:50 Infant advantages & benefits of breastfeeding
19:34 Breastmilk vs. formula cost (both monetary and social)
23:11 Debriefing past trauma & why it's often uncomfortable to talk about breastfeeding, more neonatal benefits
27:53 Composition of human milk, immune properties, HIV considerations, positioning for bottle feeding
31:39 Tongue-tied babies, breast-shaped bottles, maternal mental health & the effect of stress on infants, breastmilk is best
41:21 Formula composition, cow milk vs. goat milk based, clever marketing, soy based formulas
50:29 The simplicity of supplementing with formula & it's effect on milk supply, the formula industrial complex, clever marketing
59:43 Baby friendly hospitals, informed consent, alternatives to breastfeeding, donor milk, synthetic milk
1:05:25 Milk production for multiples, pumping pros & cons, mastitis, temperament & personality in infants & beyond
1:14:58 The formula crisis, causes & possible solutions
1:18:40 Final thoughts, tying it all together, finding a lactation consultant

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Feeding Your Baby: The Formula Crisis & Beyond (w/Mirine Richey)

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Feeding Your Baby: The Formula Crisis & Beyond (w/Mirine Richey)

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