Tha’ Notorious VP returns to talk about the numbers around mandates, booster science or lack thereof, masking young kids, and more!Check out Dr. Vinay Prasad’s YouTube channel here and here are the other episodes we’ve done together. Transcript, video and more: https://zdoggmd.com/vinay-mandates/ Topics & Timecodes: 0:00 Intro 0:31 The science on masking young children 6:29 Criticizing irrational views held by rational people, kids’ masking 9:47 Bangladesh mask study promoting surgical masks...
Sep 15, 2021•1 hr 19 min
Sometimes I think our leaders don't understand human beings. At all.See also a relevant discussion with Dr. Monica Gandhi here. Full video with transcript here. Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 10, 2021•15 min
Immunity (natural and/or vaccine-induced) is the only way past COVID-19. Dr. Gandhi returns to discuss how we get there.Watch all our prior discussions with Dr. Monica Gandhi here. We talk about the bungled messaging around vaccines, masks, and natural immunity, why vaccines decrease actual viral transmission, why the US got hit so hard with Delta & why shame backfires in public health, why masks and lockdowns can't end a pandemic, natural immunity & why a single dose of vaccine should b...
Sep 05, 2021•1 hr
A front-line critical care doc talks about why preserving quality of life AFTER an ICU stay matters...a LOT. Dr. Wes Ely's book, Every Deep-Drawn Breath, is available now. Check out the Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center here. Here's our other episodes with Dr. Ely. Transcript, video and more: https://zdoggmd.com/wes-ely-3/ Topics & Timecodes: 0:00 Intro 7:06 Importance of family in ICU care, especially with cultural/language issues 13:08 Testimonial injustic...
Sep 05, 2021•1 hr 19 min
New preprint data suggests prior COVID infection generates fantastic immunity. Can we talk about that? What it means for vaccines, mandates, and more.Here’s a Science summary of the latest information on “natural immunity” vs. vaccines and a combination of the two. Full video with transcript. Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me...
Sep 02, 2021•12 min
A filmmaker and an emergency physician (who almost died of COVID) teamed up to create a powerful VR time capsule for the pandemic. Is this the future of public health education?You can watch the Inside COVID-19 documentary using an Oculus Quest VR headset here. Here’s a link to the trailer. If you don’t have an Oculus, you can watch a 2d rendered version here. If you have a non-Oculus headset or are watching using the YouTube app on a phone, here’s a cool way to watch. And check out WisdomVR her...
Aug 31, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Paul, 37, had elderly parents, an ER nurse wife, and young children, and he had good questions about COVID vaccines. Then everything changed.This is his story. And here's a piece we did on whether you should get vaccinated now. Video & Transcript Here Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: ...
Aug 27, 2021•16 min
We should be ENCOURAGING and answering vaccine questions, not shaming the people asking them. Here are three big vaccination myths, explained. Transcript, video podcast, links: zdoggmd.com/3-vaccine-myths Your support keeps us independent and mild-to-moderately awesome: https://zdoggmd.com/supporters Show, podcast, music, support, shop, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 26, 2021•12 min
Here’s what FDA approval of Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine means, why its name is so stupid, the concept of psychological reactance, vaccine “hesitancy” and more, previously LIVE.Here’s an interesting piece on psychological reactance and vaccines. Here’s my interview with Paul Offit on vaccines. Here’s how mRNA vaccines work. Here’s my show on vaccine breakthrough infections. And here’s a show on turning COVID into an endemic common cold. Full video with transcript. Video archive, audio podcast, music pa...
Aug 25, 2021•1 hr 2 min
There’s a good chance this pandemic can be transformed into an endemic common cold, safely and relatively quickly. Here’s some science.Here’s the research piece on coronavirus immunity dynamics that I cited. And here’s a blurb on Iceland’s vaccinated breakthrough surge. Here’s my Iceland video from some months back. Full video with transcript. Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time...
Aug 17, 2021•18 min
Vaccine breakthrough infections, Moderna vs Pfizer waning immunity, boosters for the elderly, and more.Here’s the Intelligencer article I referenced by Dave Wallace-Wells with Dr. Michael Mina. And here’s a post-show live discussion I did on Locals (you can sign up for a free account to watch). Video and Transcript Here Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a pers...
Aug 14, 2021•29 min
Previously LIVE Q+A on awakening, meditation, the nature of thought, emotion, non-dual realization, and unfiltered reality. Easy stuff 😂 Here's Dr. Angelo DiLullo's website with links to his book, Awake: It's Your Turn and more info. And here's all our other episodes with Angelo, with links to the book and more. Full video here. Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and ...
Aug 11, 2021•2 hr 14 min
A deep dive into the risk/benefit of vaccination vs. "natural" COVID infection at this delta-driven stage.We talk mask and vaccine mandates, how variants work, natural immunity, an alt-middle approach to sensemaking, and more, originally LIVE. Video and transcript here.Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More...
Aug 08, 2021•45 min
Guess what: pandemic dynamics are complex. Let's stop reducing them to mask mandates and indoor dining, OK? Article link, video podcast, transcript, and more: https://zdoggmd.com/delta-crash Your support keeps us independent and mild-to-moderately awesome: https://zdoggmd.com/supporters Show, podcast, music, support, shop, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 03, 2021•13 min
We're talking with vaccine expert Dr. Paul Offit about variants, kids & COVID-19, boosters, breakthrough infections, misinformation, schools + masks, immunity from natural infection, vaccine mandates, and much more, LIVE 👍Check out all our episodes with Dr. Paul Offit here. Full video with transcript. Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email tha...
Jul 20, 2021•1 hr
Why do we reduce humans who suffer with chronic pain to simple molecules and receptors? Pain psychologist Rachel Zoffness, P.h.D. returns to talk fibromyalgia, stomach pain, anxiety, the role of trauma, and much more.UCSF pain psychologist Dr. Rachel Zoffness, PhD teaches us methods to take better control of our pain. She is the author of The Pain Management Workbook, a pain educator on faculty at Dartmouth, and columnist for Psychology Today. Full video with transcript. Video archive, audio pod...
Jul 20, 2021•1 hr 42 min
Public health mask mandates, who's getting Delta now, vaccine "breakthrough" infections, the politics of the pandemic, kids & COVID-19, and much more, LIVE.Video: https://zdoggmd.com/sunday-roundz-7-18-21 Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad ch...
Jul 18, 2021•41 min
Filmmaker and host of the Theories of Everything podcast Curt Jaimungal & I talk sensemaking, medicine 3.0, consciousness and the nature of reality, the challenges of meditation, sleep disturbances, thought storms, free will, and much more, originally LIVE.Watch Curt's outstanding YouTube interview podcast Theories of Everything. And check out his documentary on the radical need for Alt-Middle thinking, Better Left Unsaid. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/curt-jaimungal/ Video archive, audio podca...
Jul 17, 2021•2 hr 49 min
CDC reports a possible association between the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine and a type of autoimmune paralysis called Guillain-Barre. Here's what you need to know.Here's a prior show we did on flu shot and Guillain-Barre. Full video with transcript. Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr....
Jul 14, 2021•18 min
Originally streamed live on Sunday 7/11/21. We talked regulatory capture by pharma, the aducanumab outrage, Pfizer's booster bull$hit, masks in kids, virtue signaling, the return of RSV and risk understanding in children, do non-vaccinated people pose a threat, and a ridiculous video aimed at the Black community called Vax That Thang Up 😂 Video at zdoggmd.com/update-7-11-21 The week's videos you missed: https://zdoggmd.com/z-blogg Ways to join our Supporter Tribe: https://zdoggmd.com/supporters...
Jul 13, 2021•54 min
Weighing the risk of myocarditis vs. the benefit of vaccinating young people (particularly boys) with the Pfizer mRNA vaccine. Transcript, video podcast, links to the op-ed and more with UCSF hematologist/oncologist and medical evidence specialist Dr. Vinay Prasad: https://zdoggmd.com/vinay-myocarditis Your support keeps us independent and mild-to-moderately awesome: https://zdoggmd.com/supporters Show, podcast, music, support, shop, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Learn more ab...
Jul 10, 2021•27 min
We have absolutely no idea whether putting masks on kids is net helpful or harmful, and here's why. Links to the op-ed, transcript, video, and more from Dr. Vinay Prasad: https://zdoggmd.com/vinay-kids-masking Your support keeps us independent and mild-to-moderately awesome: https://zdoggmd.com/supporters Show, podcast, music, support, shop, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 08, 2021•15 min
Two doctors analyze the evidence so far on ivermectin for COVID-19 and Aduhelm (aducanumab) for Alzheimer's. Dr. Vinay Prasad is a UCSF heme/onc doc who specializes in clinical trials and medical decision-making. Video podcast, transcript, links and more: https://zdoggmd.com/vinay-prasad-ivermectin Your support keeps us independent and mild-to-moderately awesome: https://zdoggmd.com/supporters Show, podcast, music, support, shop, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Learn more about ...
Jul 07, 2021•46 min
A deeper dive into the nitty gritty of spiritual awakening. This is the second interview in our series Awakening, Explained with my guest Dr. Angelo DiLullo. Angelo is a practicing anesthesiologist and author of the book "Awake: It's Your Turn." In this episode we discuss the nature of unbound consciousness, the role of inquiry and curiosity in awakening, how "just stop" can be a powerful gateway, the nature of beliefs as a hindrance to awakening, the importance of humility and authenticity on t...
Jul 06, 2021•1 hr 39 min
A family doctor and an engineer do what government couldn't: provide amazing care to both rich AND poor. A bright spot lesson in grassroots healthcare reform 👍 In this episode we discuss bottom-up direct primary care Health 3.0 solutions that help people in poverty as well affluent individuals—using one group's revenue to help fund the other. Healing Grove Health Center was founded by Dr. Angela Bymaster (a family physician) and her husband Brett (an electrical engineer and entrepreneur) in the...
Jul 01, 2021•56 min
Delta variant vs. vaccines, hospitalizations, children, masks and more, explained by a doctor with precisely 97.5% less drama 👍 Transcript, links, video podcast, and more: https://zdoggmd.com/delta-variant Your support keeps us independent and mild-to-moderately awesome: https://zdoggmd.com/supporters Show, podcast, music, support, shop, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 28, 2021•10 min
The "House of God" and "Man's 4th Best Hospital" author talks about his path integrating medicine and writing, the role and importance of spiritual awakening, and a preview of his new book. Check out his latest book, Man's 4th Best Hospital, here. Full video here Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about...
Jun 26, 2021•1 hr 16 min
Wanna know how deep the awakening rabbit hole goes? Are you SURE? 🤯 This is the fifth interview in our series Awakening, Explained with my guest Dr. Angelo DiLullo. Angelo is a practicing anesthesiologist and author of the book "Awake: It's Your Turn." In this episode we dive into the stages of realization that can occur POST awakening...and it gets pretty wild and largely awesome. Get Angelo's book, contact him, and download his free meditation app here. The rest of our Awakening, Explained in...
Jun 24, 2021•46 min
It’s no surprise that mental and emotional health are directly related to physical disease. Here’s what we can do about it, starting with primary care. Lucy McBride, MD, is a practicing internist in Washington, DC, with two decades of experience. A trusted and recognized voice in patient care, she is also a Bloomberg New Voices fellow, a healthcare educator, mental health advocate and healthcare disruptor working to increase awareness of the intersection of mental and physical health. She is Pri...
Jun 23, 2021•1 hr 37 min
Investigative journalist Marshall Allen teaches us how we can fight back against opaque and predatory medical bills. Learn more about Marshall's work and get his outstanding new book, Never Pay The First Bill, here. Full video with transcript. Topics & Timecodes 0:00 Intro: Marshall’s work exposing the abuse of front line healthcare professionals during the early pandemic 2:47 Marshall’s work at the Las Vegas Sun exposing the abuse of foreign medical graduates on J-1 Visa programs 10:26 “Nor...
Jun 22, 2021•1 hr 3 min
