Back to the Vax: A Journey Back to Evidence Based Medicine

Dr Taylor Nichols MD is board certified in emergency medicine and addiction.

Emma is my friend is an RN with experience in the ER. You can find her on tiktok and other social media platforms. She is hilarious and tactful.

I am very fond of both of them as we are all passionate about being healthcare advocates. As a recent nursing grad I wanted to pick their brains about harm reduction myths and facts.

Susan is a fellow former antivaxxer that would volunteer her time online, in real life at antivax events, and collected footage for a major antivax documentary. She was witness to how the movement and its leaders operate from the inside and wants to share her story. We discuss the cult like grip of the antivax movement and how difficult it is to leave it behind. Susan exposes the lies they tell and just how much they profit from the people who follow them. You can find her on twitter (X) @SuzieQT11. https://twitter.com/SuzieQT11

You may recall her story back in 2009. I certainly did. I used it as an indictment on flu shots. Desiree's story went viral for being a cheerleader who developed neurological complications after a flu shot and could only walk backwards without them impeding her. She has seen the inside of the antivax world as a token and has lots to say about that today. She is now an advocate for flu shots and wants the world to be pandemic ready.

More about Desiree

Mother to Baby

https://mothertobaby.org/

Diets for IBD referenced

https://www.umassmed.edu/nutrition/ibd/ibdaid/

https://providernews.seattlechildrens.org/treating-inflammatory-bowel-disease-through-diet/

Nothing discussed is medical advice, please talk to your doctor.

In this episode we talk to Dr Alahmad to discuss the antivax misconceptions of vaccines and the blood brain barrier. He tries to get medication to cross this barrier for his research along with trying to repair the blood brain barrier after damage like a stroke. This man is the BBB expert. 

Copy the link to see these slides on our facebook page. You will probably want a visual aid. This podcast is really technical. 

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I met Rose on Twitter (@rosepoptosis) when I joined back in 2020. She has a PhD in Microbiology & Immunology, & an MSc in Nutrition & Metabolism. She is a vaccine advocate and is passionate about addressing misinformation online. I have had the pleasure of meeting up with her for dinner a couple times while visiting the city and I consider her a good friend and a wealth of knowledge. I hope you enjoy her review of our booklet Vaccine Fears Overturned by Facts, and her addition of a trope that did not make it into the booklet. We also discuss cancer and autoimmune disease.

Enjoy!

Lydia Greene

We introduce ourselves in this casual conversation between 2 good friends and partners in crime. Listen to this candid conversation as we marvel at our continued failing upward. Dont ask us how we did this. We dont know. Next episode we will go over the booklet in detail together.

Brent Lee from Some Dare Call It Conspiracy with Ivor Mectin and Stars of Covid with Lads on Tour. Spencer Watson from Truth Unrestricted. Last and definitely not least Dr Dan Wilson, Science Communicator from Debunk the Funk. 

Join us as we hand out Twitter awards and make predictions. 

Dr Alison Meek is a history professor focusing on cults, conspiracy theories, and extremism. 

She teaches: #HIS2133 Cults/Terrorism  #HIS2301 US Survey #HIS3308 Conspiracy Theories at Queens University

Laura (@Iamlevelingup on tiktok and now youtube) is a returning guest who left the crunchy life. We feel that leaving the crunchy antivax life was like leaving a cult and so we discuss the parallels with an expert in cult behaviour. 

Apologies for my mic. I dont know why it was so tinny sounding. 

Hieeeee! Crunchy antivax brigade, you can leave me all the one star reviews. I take them as a badge of honour. Byeeeeeee!

Lydia Greene

The TikTok algorithm brought me Laura. Her TikTok's display remarkable self-awareness and she has a good sense of humour about her past life.  She is a formerly crunchy mom, and our stories have many parallels. If you are curious about the inner workings of the crunchy mind or are a recovering crunchy mom yourself, or are a crunchy mom that can not fathom anyone leaving the "best parenting style ever," this is worth a listen. We share our insights, crunchy motivations, and even laugh at some mistakes we made along the way. 

Follow her on TikTok at iamlevelingup or lauraislevelingup.

I'm a chatterbox and we ended up doing a midwest goodbye. I do go on! Join us in this very candid and casual conversation. Dr Wilson is a PhD molecular biologist who runs the YouTube Channel Debunk the Funk. He is passionate about science communication and debunking covid and vaccine misinformation. He is meticulous, yet easy to understand. I highly recommend his channel to get the information to debunk any current misinformation trends. We talk about his most recent episode, parenting, covid, science communication, and working in the STEM field.