You've seen images on the news of patients in the ICU on their bellies? Here's what's up with that. Transcript, video, and more at zdoggmd.com/proning Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Merch! https://supportertribe4lyfe.com/ (Fac...
Sep 04, 2020•8 min
The internet's been lit up regarding recent COVID-19 death statistics from CDC. Here's what they actually show. Links, video, transcript, and more at https://zdoggmd.com/covid-death-stats Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Merch! ...
Aug 31, 2020•10 min
Remember when we did all those lockdowns? Did they work? There may be a better, more targeted response. Let's discuss it, LIVE. Video, transcript, and more at zdoggmd.com/lockdowns Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Merch! https:/...
Aug 26, 2020•39 min
How will we distinguish COVID-19 from flu and RSV in the winter? What's the future of rapid testing? Dr. David Persing is the CMO/CTO of Cepheid and we go DEEP in this interview. In this episode we discuss rapid PCR testing for COVID-19, influenza A and B, and RSV, as well as testing for yet-undiscovered future outbreaks like SARS-CoV3 and avian flu. We touch on rapid saliva antigen testing, why the turnaround times have been so long, what went wrong with the country's early testing for coronavi...
Aug 21, 2020•37 min
Here's what I'd need to see as a doctor if I'm going to be comfortable with a COVID-19 vaccine. Video, transcript, and links at zdoggmd.com/covidvax Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Merch! https://supportertribe4lyfe.com/ (Faceb...
Aug 18, 2020•26 min
Healthcare workers are suffering in a culture of "presenteeism," working while sick and having their jobs threatened when they don't. Links, video and more: https://zdoggmd.com/healthcare-sick Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Me...
Aug 13, 2020•28 min
COVID-19 has a really high rate of asymptomatic infection. Here's what that may mean for our pandemic strategy. Originally LIVE on Facebook. Links, video, transcript, and more at https://zdoggmd.com/asymptomatic-covid Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayPal: https:/...
Aug 09, 2020•38 min
What happens if we rush Phase 3 trials for a coronavirus vaccine? A world expert on vaccine development returns to weigh in. We discuss the timeline and status of current vaccine trials, what the government has done to accelerate the clinical trials, the dangers of rushing Phase 3 trails, different types of immunity, the role of interferon and monoclonal antibodies, the nature of herd immunity, the duration of coronavirus immunity, can people be reinfected, the politicization of science currentl...
Jul 31, 2020•47 min
Science, or political theater? A doctor explains that SCOTUS White Coat Summit put on by "America's Frontline Doctors." Links, transcript and more at https://zdoggmd.com/frontline-doctors Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Merch! ...
Jul 29, 2020•9 min
Here's a rational way to approach the data on COVID-related deaths. Links, video, transcript, and more at https://zdoggmd.com/excess-death-rate Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Merch! https://supportertribe4lyfe.com/ (Facebook a...
Jul 26, 2020•11 min
There's been a lot of panic with stories of people getting COVID-19 twice and rapidly plummeting antibody levels. But there may be a real bright spot here. Transcript, links, video, and more at https://zdoggmd.com/covid-immunity Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayP...
Jul 23, 2020•11 min
We will get through this if we deploy our most time-tested and powerful tools. But that means recognizing our biases and transcending them. Video at https://zdoggmd.com/science-reason Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Merch! http...
Jul 22, 2020•37 min
Could herd immunity and an end to the pandemic be closer than we think? And what role does personal responsibility and masking play? A live discussion of a light at the end of the tunnel. https://zdoggmd.com/herd-immunity for video, links, transcript (coming shortly) and more. #COVID-19 #HerdImmunity Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://face...
Jul 15, 2020•27 min
Originally streamed LIVE to Facebook, we talk viral transmission, politicization of the pandemic, new therapies, conspiracies, and much more. Video: zdoggmd.com/covid-update-7-9 Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Website: https://...
Jul 09, 2020•50 min
Dedicated to frontline healthcare workers everywhere... Lyrics: These are all my friends We’re all misunderstood The people call us heroes So that the people can feel good Now we see everything that’s going wrong With the world and those who lead it But no matter how they screw it up We rise above and treat it And we keep waiting (waiting) Waiting on the world to change We keep on waiting (waiting) Waiting on the world to change It’s hard to fix the system When you try but no one listens So we k...
Jul 08, 2020•5 min
We need to understand that the goal is mitigating, not eliminating, COVID-19 risk. And the risks of children missing school can be massive. Video, transcript, links and more: zdoggmd.com/covid-school Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/zdo...
Jul 03, 2020•17 min
Resurgent coronavirus cases across America, anti-maskers refusing to play along, fears of more shutdowns and closed schools… OMG IS IT TIME TO PANIC? Or is it past time we used some dang rational thought up in here? You know how WE do it. A live show originally streamed to Facebook. Video, transcript, and links: zdoggmd.com/covid-june-26 Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/u...
Jun 27, 2020•29 min
Most of us live in echo chambers and thought bubbles. What happens when we escape? A COVID-19 update, originally streamed LIVE. Video and links: https://zdoggmd.com/thought-bubbles/ Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Website: http...
Jun 17, 2020•34 min
So many believe conspiracy theories revolving around healthcare professionals and public health leaders. Why? Turns out trust has to be earned, and sometimes we do a terrible job of that in healthcare. A hard look at ourselves, LIVE. Video and links at zdoggmd.com/healthcare-trust Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesuppo...
Jun 15, 2020•30 min
Another day, another antivaxxer conspiracy video about COVID-19. Here's how to cut through the BS. Links, video, transcript, and more at https://zdoggmd.com/undercover-nurse Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Website: https://ZDog...
Jun 10, 2020•16 min
Maurice Shaw is caring, diligent pharmacist who happens to do REALLY funny comedy about the challenges and joys of retail pharmacy. So why would Walgreens fire him? The answer cuts to the heart of the soul-sucking dehumanization that corporate medicine can be. We talk about the catharsis of comedy, pharmacist burnout and understaffing, what a pharmacy tech does, how his comedy was always cool with his bosses until it suddenly wasn't, his community work and background, what it's like being Black ...
Jun 07, 2020•1 hr 30 min
In a shocking development, a widely-publicized pair of studies relating to COVID-19 were quickly retracted when their authors couldn't confirm their data or analysis. What the health?? Dr. Adrian Hernandez is a cardiologist and director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute. His group has created the HERO Registry to enroll healthcare professionals in clinical trials to help solve the coronavirus dilemma, including a randomized controlled trial using hydroxychloroquine for prevention. More at ...
Jun 05, 2020•36 min
Community health workers could be the solution to some of our toughest health and social problems, so why is no one listening? Dr. Shreya Kangovi is an associate professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and executive director of the Penn Center For Community Health Workers. In this remarkable conversation she passionately lays out what a community health worker is, how to find and hire them, what the results of 3 randomized controlled trials using them show, how they may be the be...
Jun 04, 2020•1 hr 17 min
Dr. Prasad is a heme/onc doc and associate professor of medicine at UCSF; we talk about why we need a HIGHER bar, not a lower one, to show that what we do in medicine actually works. Links, video, transcript, and more at https://zdoggmd.com/vinay-prasad Malignant: https://www.amazon.com/Malignant-Policy-Evidence-People-Cancer/dp/1421437635/ Ending Medical Reversal: https://www.amazon.com/Ending-Medical-Reversal-Improving-Outcomes/dp/1421429047/ Plenary Session podcast: https://soundcloud.com/ple...
Jun 02, 2020•1 hr 7 min
The horrific death of George Floyd has triggered national protests at exactly a time when large gatherings threaten to undo the gains made against COVID-19. Video and links: zdoggmd.com/pandemic-protests Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayPal: https://www.paypal.me...
Jun 01, 2020•22 min
The three buckets of concern when it comes to this pandemic, and how we can balance them. Video and links: zdoggmd.com/covid-balance Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Website: https://ZDoggMD.com Podcast: https://ZDoggMD.com/podc...
May 28, 2020•28 min
Technology can bring us together during these crazy times, but it also holds huge dangers. Jon Hyatt, director of the new film "Screened Out" discusses the true cost of our connectivity and how we can re-establish mindful—rather than mindless—relationships with our screens. Parents: this is a MUST WATCH. https://zdoggmd.com/screened-out for video, transcript, links and more. https://www.screenedoutfilm.com/ for the documentary. Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get ex...
May 26, 2020•43 min
Looking past the politics to the state of the science on chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine in treating COVID-19. Links and more: https://zdoggmd.com/hydroxychloroquine Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Website: https://ZDoggMD.c...
May 25, 2020•10 min
Why something so seemingly trivial as a face mask can divide us so deeply. Video, links, full transcript and more at zdoggmd.com/masks-morality Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Website: https://ZDoggMD.com Podcast: https://ZDogg...
May 23, 2020•42 min
Building Health 3.0 will mean taking bright spots and applying them to our larger healthcare non-system. Dr. Vivian Lee is a physician, scientist, and leader who's spent much of her career implementing real change that improves real outcomes AND saves money. Her new book summarizes a long term strategy to fix healthcare. Video, links, and more at zdoggmd.com/vivian-lee Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: Yo...
May 22, 2020•53 min
